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Michigan State University Study Reveals
Americans' Thoughts on Civil Liberties Versus Security

The MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research's Office for Survey Research has conducted two nationwide studies on America's response to the terrorist attacks of September 11. The results are available online in a report by the principal investigators Darren Davis and Brian Silver, faculty members in the Department of Political Science. The survey was funded by the National Science Foundation, the MSU College of Social Science, and the Russell Sage Foundation. Provided below are results of the study in various formats.

Study Resources:
  Ongoing Research: View Principal Investigators' website with ongoing research related to this study

PowerPoint Slideshow (.htm) View

2003 Study
News Release: MSU Study: Many Americans Willing to Trade Civil Liberties for Personal Security PowerPoint Slideshow (.htm) View
  Report: Continuity and Change in Support for Civil Liberties
after the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: Results of a Panel Study		 Adobe Acrobat File (.pdf) Download

2002 Study
Executive Summary: Americans Protect Civil Liberties Adobe Acrobat File (.pdf) Download
  Report: Americans' Perceptions of the Causes of Terrorism Adobe Acrobat File (.pdf) Download
  Report: Personal Security vs. Civil Liberties after 9/11 Adobe Acrobat File (.pdf) Download
  Slideshow Presentation: The Attack on America and Civil Liberties Trade-Offs Survey PowerPoint Slideshow (.htm) Download
  News Release: MSU Study Shows Americans Unwilling to Trade Civil Liberties Standard Webpage (.htm) Download
  Questionnaire Adobe Acrobat File (.pdf) Download
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