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Question: Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to detain people for as long as they want without putting them on trial?
Choices: "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right" "Probably should not have right" "Definitely should not have right"
Data: % of "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic65.3%
2 Slovenia59.1%
3 United Kingdom58.7%
4 Australia57.9%
5 Belgium55.9%
6 Israel54.8%
7 France51.8%
8 Switzerland50.2%
9 Spain49.3%
10 Norway46.7%
11 Finland46.5%
12 Lithuania45.6%
13 New Zealand45.3%
14 Japan 44.1%
15 Denmark40.9%
16 Sweden39.7%
17 Slovakia38.7%
18 Hungary38.5%
19 Germany37.2%
20 Latvia37.1%
21 United States36.6%
22 Republic of Korea36.3%
23 Chile34.7%
24 Turkiye34.1%
25 Iceland33.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.322326 X +5.721
Correlation coefficient (r)0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 32546.820803 X +30398.360
Correlation coefficient (r)0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 6.367118 X +77.725
Correlation coefficient (r)0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.651560 X +1.307
Correlation coefficient (r)0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -4.380458 X +15.835
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005