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Directory of criminal justice data collections in the United States
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3 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 41 libraries worldwide
Data collections available from the Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network
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in English and held by 28 libraries worldwide
Directory of criminal justice data collections in the United States
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2 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 20 libraries worldwide
The Criminal justice data directory
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2 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide
National crime surveys redesign data, 1975-1979
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in Undetermined and held by 13 libraries worldwide These data are a product of the National Crime Surveys Redesign Project. The purpose of the data collection was to create several different data files from existing public-use National Crime Surveys files. For each crime, information is gathered on the victim's housing unit and household and the incident itself. A personal history and interview are also included. Several data files contain National Crime Survey and Uniform Crime Report data on the following index crimes: robbery, larceny-theft, burglary, motor vehicle theft, rape, and aggravated assault.
Uniform crime reports [United States] supplementary homicide reports, 1976-1983
by James Alan Fox
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3 editions published in 1987 in Undetermined and held by 12 libraries worldwide These Uniform Crime Reports supplementary homicide data provide incident-level information on criminal homicides including information on the date, location, circumstances, and method of offences, as well as demographic characteristics of victims and perpetrators and the relationship between the two.
Judicial decision guidelines for bail the Philadelphia experiment, 1981-1982
by John S Goldcamp
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in Undetermined and held by 12 libraries worldwide The purpose of this study, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and the National Institute of Corrections, was to test the utility of a first version of bail guidelines. A sample of judges, based upon a stratified quota sampling design, was selected from the Philadelphia Municipal Court. Eight judges were randomly selected to use guidelines or be "experimental judges", and eight were randomly selected to be nonguidelines or "control judges." Data were taken from defendants' files and include number of suspects involved, number of different offenses charged, most serious injury experienced by the victim(s), preliminary arraignment disposition, amount of bail, socioeconomic status and demographics of the defendant, prior criminal history, and reason for granting or denying bail.
Law enforcement assistance administration profile data, [1968-1978
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in Undetermined and held by 12 libraries worldwide The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration File (PROFILE) System was designed for the automated storage and retrieval of information describing BJS-sponsored programs. The two types of data elements used to describe the projects in this file are basic data and program descriptors. The basic data elements include the title of the grant, information regarding the location of the grantee and the project, critical funding dates, the government level and type of grantee, financial data, the name of the project director, indication of the availability of reports, and appropriate identification numbers. The program descriptors elements form the program classification system and describe the key characteristics of the program. Key characteristics include subject, primary and secondary activity, whether it affects a juvenile or adult problem, and what specific crimes, clients, staff, program strategies, agencies, equipment or research methods are to be used or affected by the project.
Keeping the peace police discretion and the mentally disordered in Chicago, 1980-1981
by Linda A Teplin
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in Undetermined and held by 12 libraries worldwide Data on police-citizen encounters were collected to explore the peacekeeping functions of the police and their handling of encounters with mentally ill persons. The data were gathered through observations by researchers riding in police cars in two Chicago police districts during a 14-month period in 1980-1981. There are two parts to this dataset. First, information was collected once per shift on the general level of activity during the shift and the observer's perceptions of emotions/attitudes displayed by the police officers he/she observed. Also, information is included for each of the 270 shifts about the personal characteristics, work history, and working relationships of the police officers observed. The second part of the dataset contains detailed information on each police-citizen encounter including its nature, location, police actions and/or responses, citizens involved, and their characteristics and behavior. A unique and consistent shift identification number is attached to each encounter so that information about police officer characteristics from the first ("shift-level") part of the dataset may be matched with the second ("encounter-level") part. Missing data were recoded to 9's by the Principal Investigator and can mean either actual missing data or unknown or inapplicable data.
Police referral practices and social service agency practices in three metropolitan areas, 1977
by Elinor Ostrom
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in Undetermined and held by 11 libraries worldwide The dataset contains two related studies conducted in the metropolitan areas of St. Louis, Missouri, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida, and Rochester, New York. The study of police referral practices provides information on the types of calls made to police departments, the referrals made to social service agencies from these calls, and the pattern of citizen demands. Data for this study were collected from 26,465 calls for police service at 21 police departments. The 36 variables include the nature of the call, characteristics of the caller, and the type of agency receiving the referral. The sampling frame for the study of social service agency practices was any agency within the three metropolitan areas that agreed to participate in the study, accepted police referrals, and dealt with at least one of ten selected social problems (e.g., drug abuse, suicide prevention, aid to the elderly). The study classifies agencies according to the extent of their cooperation with the police, the range of the social services they provide, and their history of service provision. Budget information was also obtained to calculate the costs of alternative methods of social service delivery.
Survey of campus incidents as interpreted by college presidents, faculty chairmen and student body presidents, 1970
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in Undetermined and held by 11 libraries worldwide The data were collected following the invasion of Cambodia in May 1970, by questionnaires mailed to presidents, faculty chairmen, and student body presidents of all colleges and universities in the United States. Except for coding to preserve anonymity, the data include information on the school such as location, size, sex of students, presence of ROTC on campus, academic emphasis, acceptance standards, and dollars expended per student. The respondents were queried about the types of incidents which occurred on their campuses. These included incidents in which the National Guard was called, off-campus police used, one or more protestors arrested, temporary restraining orders or injunctions obtained, teach-ins, rallies, or discussion groups took the place of regular academic activities, and where Black demands or racism were issues. Other incidents examined were those involving destructiveness by students that took place off campus and incidents involving serious damage to or the destruction of property, personal injury, or death. The seriousness of the incidents was also reported as well as the response of the faculty, administration, and outside government units. The respondents were asked what plans were prepared before May of 1970 to handle unrest, and the degree to which these were implemented, as well as their proposals to curb or limit future outbreaks.
New Jersey statewide criminal justice guidelines evaluation, 1979
by Richard F Sparks
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in Undetermined and held by 11 libraries worldwide This project was established to study the development, implementation, and use of statewide sentencing guidelines and to report the perceptions of criminal justice system personnel and inmates regarding those guidelines. Funded by the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, the project was carried out by the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice from October 1978 to June 1981. One part of the project consisted of interviews to determine the opinions of inmates about the relative seriousness of offenses, severity of punishments, appropriateness of penalties for various kinds of crimes, and the use of sentencing guidelines to structure judicial sentencing decisions. The 1979 New Jersey inmate data are in two files: Inmate Background Data, and Inmate Survey Data. The Inmate Background Data file includes 25 variables containing socio-economic, residential, and current and prior criminal history information in a random sample of Rahway, New Jersey State Prison inmates. Background information was collected for all of the inmates selected to participate in the 1979 New Jersey inmate survey. However, not all of those inmates selected agreed to be interviewed when the actual survey was conducted. The inmate background data file, therefore, includes information on both survey respondents and non-respondents. Frequency distributions for the variables are included in the Inmate Survey Data file, as is the survey instrument.
Implementation of community corrections in Oregon, Colorado, and Connecticut, [1981
by Dennis James Palumbo
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in Undetermined and held by 11 libraries worldwide Data were collected from three states to evaluate the success of community corrections programs and to identify the conditions that underlie these successes. In-person field interviews and mail questionnaires were used on state, county, and district levels. The variables in the study were designed to examine the kind of people who implement and maintain these programs, the level of commitment by judicial and prison officials to these programs, community support, and the goals of cost reduction, work training, and rehabilitation.
Fear of crime and the Guardian Angels attitudes of New York city subway riders, 1984
by Dennis Jay Kenney
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in Undetermined and held by 11 libraries worldwide These data focus on the potential effectiveness of the Guardian Angels in their attempts to combat fear and crime on the New York City subways. Respondents were asked about their perceived fear of crime while riding the subways, the likelihood of their becoming victims of crimes, their opinions about the crime problem on the subways, and their knowledge and observations of the Guardian Angels.
Effectiveness of police response, Denver, 1982
by David H Bayley
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in Undetermined and held by 11 libraries worldwide The nature of police behavior in problematic situations encountered by patrol personnel, primarily disturbances and traffic stops, is investigated in this data collection. The first file is for disturbance encounters. The second file is for traffic stops. The variables for disturbances include type of disturbance, manner of investigation, designation of police response, several situational variables such as type of setting, number of victims, bystanders, suspects, and witnesses, demeanor of participants to the police, type of police response, demeanor of police toward participants, and others. The variables for the traffic stops include manner of investigation, incident code, officers' description of the incident, condition of the vehicle stopped, police contact with the passengers of the vehicle, demeanor of passengers to the police, demeanor of police to the passengers, resolution of the situation, and others. The data were collected based on field observation, using an instrument for recording observations. The data were sampled based on a stratified sample by precinct and shift.
Comparing court case processing in nine courts, 1979-1980
by Peter F Nardulli
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in Undetermined and held by 11 libraries worldwide This study looks at the characteristics of officials who are involved in court case processing. Data were collected on the cases and defendants, the officials involved in the cases, personality characteristics of the officials and the perceptions that these officials have of each other.
Effects of determinant sentencing on institutional climate and prison administration, Connecticut, Minnesota, Illinois, 1981-1983
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in Undetermined and held by 11 libraries worldwide The effects of determinant sentencing on prison climate and administration are examined in this data collection. Three data collection periods are included in the dataset. The first three files contain data taken from a total random sample of offenders housed at five prisons. File one was taken from the first data collection period, file two from the second, and file three from the third data collection period. The fourth file is an additional sample from the state of Connecticut of those inmates serving determinate sentences, collected during the third period of data collection. The fifth file is indeterminate sample data from data collection periods one and two while the sixth file is intermediate panel sample data taken from collection period three. The seventh and eighth files are determinate panel sample data from collection periods one and two, respectively. The ninth and final file is determinate panel sample data from collection period three. There were six questionnaires used in collecting these data. The following issues are covered in the questionnaires: inmates' feelings about their arrest, court case, and conviction, feelings about the law, physical problems developed during prison term, how time is spent in prison, family contacts outside prison, relationships with other prisoners and staff (guards), involvement in prison programs, and criminal history.
Arrests without conviction, 1979-1980, Jacksonville and San Diego
by Floyd Feeney
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in Undetermined and held by 11 libraries worldwide This data collection includes information on robberies and burglaries. The unit of analysis is defendants in felony cases. Information on each defendant includes demographics, socioeconomic status, criminal history, weapon usage, relationship to victim, trial procedures, and disposition. There are five files in the data set: Jacksonville robberies, (N=200), San Diego robberies, (N=200), San Diego burglaries, (N=219), Jacksonville burglaries 1, (N=200), and Jacksonville burglaries 2, (N=200). The Jacksonville burglaries are divided into two separate files which, after merging, form the complete data set. The logical record length of each file varies.
Sanctions in the justice system, 1942-1977 the effects on offenders in Racine, Wisconsin
by Lyle W Shannon
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in Undetermined and held by 11 libraries worldwide The purpose of this data collection was to evaluate the effectiveness of judicial intervention and varying degrees of sanction severity by comparing persons who have been processed at the juvenile or adult level in the justice system with persons who have not. The main research question was whether the number of judicial interventions and severity of sanctions had any effects on the seriousness of offenders' future offenses or the decision to desist from such behavior. Variables include characteristics of the person who had the police contact as well as items specific to a particular police contact. Others are the number of police contacts, seriousness of police contacts, severity of sanctions, and age, cohort, and decade the contact occurred.
Crime days precursors study, Baltimore, 1952-1976
by David N Nurco
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in Undetermined and held by 11 libraries worldwide This study focuses on 354 male narcotic addicts who were selected using a stratified random sample from a population of 6,149 known narcotic abusers arrested or identified by the Baltimore, Maryland Police Department between 1952 and 1976. The sample was stratified based on race and year of police contact. These data were collected between July 1973 and January 1978. Variables include respondent's use of marijuana, hallucinogens, amphetamines, barbiturates, codeine, heroin, methadone, cocaine, tranquilizers, and other narcotics. Also of interest is the respondent's past criminal activity including arrests, length of incarceration, educational attainment, employment history, personal income, mobility, and drug treatment, if any. more
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