Penn State Survey Results

Over the last couple of months American SPCC ran a survey about the Penn State child sex abuse scandal (Timeline @ CNN).

Here are the results:

Question	“No”	“Yes”	“Unsure”
Do you feel the press is over reacting?	75%	25%
Do you think this type of sexual abuse occurrence is happening at other institutions?	4%	85%	11%
Do feel Coach Joe Paterno should have been fired from his job?	22%	78%
Do you feel Coach Joe Paterno should get his job back?	82%	18%
If you were to witness a child being abused, do you think you are required by law to report the witnessed act to the police?	15%	62%	23%

Do you feel those that were made aware of the abuse should have…

Reported the occurrence to both the school authorities and the police	67%
Gone directly to the police	23%
Unsure	8%
Only reported the occurrence to school authorities	2%
Kept it to themselves	0%