Datasets
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Deterrent Effects of Arrests and Imprisonment in the United States, 1960-1977
Emerging from the tradition of econometric models of deterrence and crime, this study attempts to improve estimates of how crime rates are affected by the apprehension and... -
Pretrial Release Practices in the United States, 1976-1978
Funded by the National Institute of Justice, this data collection represents Phase II of a larger project to evaluate pretrial release practices. The study focuses on four major... -
Characteristics and Movement of Felons in California Prisons, 1851-1964
Felons in the California prison system are documented in this data collection. The data are arranged by year and type of movement within the prison system, and include... -
Crime Factors and Neighborhood Decline in Chicago, 1979
This study explores the relationship between crime and neighborhood deterioration in eight neighborhoods in Chicago. The neighborhoods were selected on the basis of slowly or... -
Developing a Juvenile Risk Assessment Instrument for Iowa State Evaluation Capacity Building, 1994-1995
This study was undertaken to address Iowa's inability to classify juveniles at risk of recidivism uniformly across the state by creating and testing a proposed risk assessment... -
Police Corruption in Thirty Agencies in the United States, 1997
This study examined police officers' perceptions of and tolerance for corruption. In contrast to the popular viewpoint that police corruption is a result of moral defects in the... -
Reducing Disorder, Fear, and Crime in Public Housing: Evaluation of a Drug-Crime Elimination Program in Spokane, Washington, 1992-1995
Established in 1994, Project ROAR (Reclaiming Our Area Residences) is a public housing drug-crime elimination program sponsored by the Spokane Police Department and the Spokane... -
Controlling Fraud in Small Business Health Benefits Programs in the United States, 1990-1996
The focus of this project was insider fraud -- crimes committed by the owners and operators of insurance companies that were established for the purposes of defrauding... -
Criminal Behavior of Gangs in Aurora and Denver, Colorado, and Broward County, Florida: 1993-1994
This study was undertaken to measure the criminal behavior of gangs, including their involvement in delinquent behavior such as drug use and drug trafficking activities, and to... -
Impact of Community Policing at the Street Level: An Observational Study in Richmond, Virginia, 1992
This study's purpose was twofold: to investigate the nature of police patrol work in a community policing context and to field-test data collection instruments designed for... -
Soviet Emigre Organized Crime Networks in the United States, 1992-1995
The goal of this study was to assess the nature and scope of Soviet emigre crime in the United States, with a special focus on the question of whether and how well this crime... -
Evaluation of the Impact of System-Wide Drug Testing in Multnomah County, Oregon, 1991-1992
The Multnomah County Drug Testing and Evaluation (DTE) program was established to help clients rid themselves of drug abusing behavior. To that end, the DTE program provided... -
Frequency of Arrest of the Young, Chronic, Serious Offender Using Two Male Cohorts Paroled by the California Youth Authority, 1981-1982 and 1986-1987
This study investigated the ways in which active offenders and their behavior patterns are related to individual characteristics. Data were collected to explore topics such as... -
Controlling Victimization in Schools: Effective Discipline and Control Strategies in a County in Ohio, 1994
The purpose of this study was to gather evidence on the relationship between discipline and the control of victimization in schools and to investigate the effectiveness of... -
Evaluation of a Local Jail Training Program in Sacramento County, California, 1994-1995
This data collection represents a process and outcome evaluation of the Office Technology Training program at the Rio Consumnes Correctional Center (RCCC) in Sacramento County.... -
Database for Forensic Anthropology in the United States, 1962-1991
This project was undertaken to establish a computerized skeletal database composed of recent forensic cases to represent the present ethnic diversity and demographic structure... -
Religion and Violence by Race and Ethnicity, United States Counties, 2006-2014
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not... -
Effects of a Middle School Social-Emotional Learning Program on Bullying, Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Substance Use in High School, Illinois, 2010-2016
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not... -
Impact of Forensic Evidence on Arrest and Prosecution (IFEAP) in Connecticut, United States, 2006-2009
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not... -
Firearm Legislation and Firearm Violence Across Space and Time, United States, 1970-2012
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not...