# Americans are split on whether criminals are fundamentally different from everyone else

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/americans-are-split-on-whether-criminals-are-fundamentally-different-from-everyone-else/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

Presented with the statement that criminals and non-criminals are not fundamentally different, more Americans disagree (44%) than agree (33%), according to a Verasight survey conducted Feb. 28 to March 6, 2025. The disagreeing share includes 23% who disagree strongly.

About a quarter (23%) take neither side, and 11% agree strongly that the two groups are alike.

## Topline

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: Criminals and non-criminals are not fundamentally different.

Americans are split on whether criminals are fundamentally different from everyone else.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- 4: 23.4%
- 1 Strongly disagree: 23.0%
- 5: 14.7%
- 2: 10.8%
- 7 Strongly agree: 10.7%
- 3: 10.0%
- 6: 7.3%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2025-02-28 → 2025-03-06
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: personality
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#agreement-with-statement-criminals-vs.-non-criminals-variable-personality_8](https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#agreement-with-statement-criminals-vs.-non-criminals-variable-personality_8)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2025-010, fielded February 28-March 6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#agreement-with-statement-criminals-vs.-non-criminals-variable-personality_8](https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#agreement-with-statement-criminals-vs.-non-criminals-variable-personality_8)