THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SURVEY, WHICH CONSISTED OF 742 PERSONAL INTERVIEWS, WERE AS FOLLOWS: (1) TO MEASURE THE PUBLIC'S CONCERN ABOUT CRIME, COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR PROBLEMS; (2) TO DETERMINE THE PUBLIC'S PRIORITIES WITH RESPECT TO CRIME AND CRIME PREVENTION; (3) TO MEASURE THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ITS PROBLEMS; (4) TO MEASURE THE DEGREE OF PUBLIC WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TAX RESOURCES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND SPECIFY THE PRIORITIES WITHIN THE SYSTEM; (5) TO DETERMINE WHICH TYPES OF CRIME THE PUBLIC BELIEVES SHOULD RECEIVE THE MOST ATTENTION FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; AND (6) TO DETERMINE THE WILLINGNESS OF THE PUBLIC TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING. A MULTISTAGE STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING PROCEDURE WAS USED; THE LEVELS OF STRATIFICATION WERE THREE REGIONS COMPOSED OF A NUMBER OF COUNTIES, ROUGHLY REPRESENTING THE SOUTHERN, CENTRAL, AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. RESPONSES TO 'OPEN-ENDED' QUESTIONS (THE PARTICIPANT WAS ASKED TO RESPOND IN HIS OWN WORDS WITHOUT BEING PROVIDED A STRUCTURE OF CHOICES) SHOW THAT CITIZENS BELIEVE JUVENILE CRIME TO BE A SIGNIFICANT LOCAL PROBLEM, PARTICULARLY DRUG ABUSE AND VANDALISM. THE CAUSES ARE PERCEIVED TO BE LACK OF PARENTAL SUPERVISION AND A SPARSITY OF CONSTRUCTIVE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY. SURVEYS QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED, AND DATA DERIVED FROM THE RESPONSES ARE PRESENTED. A SUMMARY OF FINDINGS IS PROVIDED FOR EACH OF 42 MAJOR TOPICS CONSIDERED IN THE SURVEY. (RCB)