Datasets
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New Approach to Evaluating Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) Data Imputation, 1990-1995
The purpose of the project was to learn more about patterns of homicide in the United States by strengthening the ability to make imputations for Supplementary Homicide Report... -
Re-examination of the Criminal Deterrent Effects of Capital Punishment in the United States, 1978-1998
The purpose of this study was to estimate the deterrent effect of capital punishment by employing a methodology that accounted for model uncertainty by integrating various... -
Exploratory Spatial Data Approach to Identify the Context of Unemployment-Crime Linkages in Virginia, 1995-2000
This research is an exploration of a spatial approach to identify the contexts of unemployment-crime relationships at the county level. Using Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis... -
Development of Crime Forecasting and Mapping Systems for Use by Police in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York, 1990-2001
This study was designed to develop crime forecasting as an application area for police in support of tactical deployment of resources. Data on crime offense reports and computer... -
Bruising as a Forensic Marker of Physical Elder Abuse in Orange County, California, 2006-2008
The purpose of the study was to describe bruising as a marker of physical elder abuse. Consenting older adults were examined to document location and size of bruises and assess... -
Sexual Assault Among Latinas (SALAS) Study, May-September 2008 [United States]
This Sexual Assault Among Latinas (SALAS) study was designed to examine interpersonal victimization among a national sample of Latino women, particularly focusing on help-... -
Evaluation of the Target Corporation's Safe City Initiative in Chula Vista, California, and Cincinnati, Ohio, 2004-2008
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the implementation of the Safe City crime prevention model that was implemented in designated retail areas in jurisdictions across the... -
Evaluation of the Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) Community Supervision Strategy, 2007-2009
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) community supervision strategy for substance-abusing probationers. The study... -
Repeat Complaint Address Policing: Two Field Experiments in Minneapolis, 1985-1987
A leading sociological theory of crime is the "routine activities" approach (Cohen and Felson, 1979). The premise of this theory is that the rate of occurrence of crime is... -
State Strategic Planning Under the Drug Control and System Improvement Formula Grant Program in the United States, 1990
This evaluation of the Drug Control and System Improvement Formula Grant Program focuses on the federal-state relationship and on the drug-related, crime-combat strategies that... -
Use and Effectiveness of Fines, Jail, and Probation in Municipal Courts in Los Angeles County, 1981-1984
The purpose of this data collection was to identify those attributes of offenders that are most often associated with receiving particular types of financial penalties along... -
Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics of Synthetic Drug Users in San Diego and Washington, DC, 1990
This data collection offers information on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of synthetic drug users, characteristics of synthetic drug use such as frequency and... -
Impact of Sentencing Reforms and Speedy Trial Laws in the United States, 1969-1989
The certainty and promptness of punishment have long been hypothesized to be important variables in deterring crime. This data collection evaluates whether sentencing reforms to... -
Criminal Careers and Crime Control in Massachusetts [The Glueck Study]: A Matched-Sample Longitudinal Research Design, Phase I, 1939-1963
The relationship between crime control policies and fundamental parameters of the criminal career, such as career length, participation in offenses, and frequency and... -
Pretrial Home Detention with Electronic Monitoring: An Evaluation in Marion County, Indiana, 1988-1989
For this data collection a pretrial home detention program in Marion County, Indiana, that relied on electronic monitoring of clients was subjected to a nonexperimental... -
Reducing Fear of Crime: Program Evaluation Surveys in Newark and Houston, 1983-1984
Households and establishments in seven neighborhoods in Houston, Texas, and Newark, New Jersey, were surveyed to determine the extent of victimization experiences and crime... -
Women in Prison, 1800-1935: Tennessee, New York, and Ohio
This data collection focused on problems in the women's correctional system over a 135-year period. More specifically, it examined the origins and development of prisoner and... -
Research on Minorities, [1981]: Race and Crime in Atlanta and Washington, DC
This data collection effort is an investigation of criminological and sociological factors within the Black community with a focus on the alleged high incidence of violent crime... -
Keeping the Peace: Police Discretion and the Mentally Disordered in Chicago, 1980-1981
For this data collection, information on police-citizen encounters was collected to explore the peacekeeping functions of the police and their handling of encounters with... -
Improving Correctional Classification, New York, 1981-1983
There were three specific goals of this research. The first was to evaluate three procedures currently available for the classification of correctional inmates: the Risk...