23 datasets found
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Prevalence of Five Gang Structures in 201 Cities in the United States, 1992 and 1995
Department of Justice —
The goal of this study was to provide useful data on how street gang crime patterns (by amount and type of offense) relate to common patterns of street gang... -
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Reactions to Crime Project, 1977 [Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco]: Survey on Fear of Crime and Citizen Behavior
Department of Justice —
This survey was conducted by the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research at Northwestern University to gather information for two projects that analyzed the... -
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Evaluation of the Children at Risk Program in Austin, Texas, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Memphis, Tennessee, Savannah, Georgia, and Seattle, Washington, 1993-1997
Department of Justice —
The Children at Risk (CAR) Program was a comprehensive, neighborhood-based strategy for preventing drug use, delinquency, and other problem behaviors among high-risk... -
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Extended National Assessment Survey of Law Enforcement Anti-Gang Information Resources, 1993-1994
Department of Justice —
This survey extended a 1992 survey (NATIONAL ASSESSMENT SURVEY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ANTI-GANG INFORMATION RESOURCES, 1990-1992 [ICPSR 6237]) in two ways: (1) by... -
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Citizen Participation and Community Crime Prevention, 1979: Chicago Metropolitan Area Survey
Department of Justice —
This survey was conducted as part of the Citizen Participation and Community Crime Prevention project at the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research,... -
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Census of Urban Crime, 1970
Department of Justice —
This data collection contains information on urban crime in the United States. The 331 variables include crime incidence, criminal sanctions, police employment,... -
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National Assessment Survey of Law Enforcement Anti-Gang Information Resources, 1990-1991
Department of Justice —
This study constituted a systematic national assessment of local law enforcement perceptions of the distribution of gang and gang-like problems in large cities in the... -
Federal
Drugs and Crime in Public Housing, 1986-1989: Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Washington, DC
Department of Justice —
This study investigates rates of serious crime for selected public housing developments in Washington, DC, Phoenix, Arizona, and Los Angeles, California, for the... -
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Commercial Victimization Surveys, 1973-1977 [United States]: National Sample
Department of Justice —
These Commercial Victimization Surveys were collected as part of the National Crime Surveys. They document burglary and robbery incidents for all types of commercial... -
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Police Performance and Case Attrition in Los Angeles County, 1980-1981
Department of Justice —
The purpose of this data collection was to investigate the effects of crime rates, city characteristics, and police departments' financial resources on felony case... -
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Effects of Local Sanctions on Serious Criminal Offending in Cities with Populations Over 100,000, 1978-1983: [United States]
Department of Justice —
These data assess the effects of the risk of local jail incarceration and of police aggressiveness in patrol style on rates of violent offending. The collection... -
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Impact of Gang Migration: Effective Responses by Law Enforcement Agencies in the United States, 1992
Department of Justice —
This study was the first attempt to investigate gang migration systematically and on a national level. The primary objectives of the study were (1) to identify the... -
Federal
Commercial Victimization Surveys, 1972-1975 [United States]: Cities Sample
Department of Justice —
The National Crime Surveys, of which these Commercial Victimization Surveys are a part, were conducted to obtain current and reliable measures of serious crime in the... -
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Immigrant Populations as Victims in New York City and Philadelphia, 1994
Department of Justice —
The purpose of this study was to examine interrelated issues surrounding the use of the criminal justice system by immigrant victims and to identify ways to improve... -
Federal
National Crime Surveys: Cities, 1972-1975
Department of Justice —
This sample of the National Crime Survey contains information about victimization in 26 central cities in the United States. The data are designed to achieve three... -
Federal
National Crime Surveys: Cities Attitude Sub-Sample, 1972-1975
Department of Justice —
This subsample of the national crime surveys consists of data on personal and household victimization for persons aged 12 and older in 26 major United States cities... -
Federal
Crime Factors and Neighborhood Decline in Chicago, 1979
Department of Justice —
This study explores the relationship between crime and neighborhood deterioration in eight neighborhoods in Chicago. The neighborhoods were selected on the basis of... -
Federal
Caseflow Management and Delay Reduction in Urban Trial Courts of the United States, 1979, 1983-1985
Department of Justice —
The purpose of this study was to examine caseflow management in order to reduce delays in urban trial courts. The data contain information from court records that... -
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Characteristics of High and Low Crime Neighborhoods in Atlanta, 1980
Department of Justice —
This study examines the question of how some urban neighborhoods maintain a low crime rate despite their proximity and similarity to relatively high crime areas. The... -
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Survey on Street Disorder in Large Municipalities in the United States, 1994-1996
Department of Justice —
The objective of this survey was to provide city officials and police with information on how to carry out street disorder enforcement strategies within the...
23 datasets found