Datasets
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Women Correctional Officers in California, 1979
This study examined women correctional officers working in the 11 institutions for men operated by the California Department of Corrections in 1979. For Part 1, Census,... -
Participation in Illegitimate Activities: Ehrlich Revisited, 1960
This study re-analyzes Isaac Ehrlich's 1960 cross-section data on the relationship between aggregate levels of punishment and crime rates. It provides alternative model... -
Trends in American Homicide, 1968-1978: Victim-Level Supplementary Homicide Reports
This study was undertaken to standardize the format of national homicide data and to analyze trends over the period 1968-1978. The unit of analysis is the homicide victim, and... -
Relationships Between Employment and Crime: A Survey of Brooklyn Residents, 1979-1980
The study was designed to explore the relationship between employment and involvement with the criminal justice system. Males arrested primarily for felony offenses were... -
Six-Year Follow-up Study on Career Criminals, 1970-1976: [United States]
The major objective of the Six-year Follow-up Study on Career Criminals was to provide data describing the effects of sentencing decisions on the behavior of career criminals. A... -
Sentencing in Eight United States District Courts, 1973-1978
This data collection provides information about sentencing patterns established by the United States District Courts for federal offenses. It is one of only a few studies that... -
Comparing Court Case Processing in Nine Courts, 1979-1980
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... -
Employment Services for Ex-Offenders, 1981-1984: Boston, Chicago, and San Diego
This study was conducted to test whether job counseling and placement services, accompanied by intensive follow-up after placement, would significantly increase the... -
Police Services Study, Phase II, 1977: Rochester, St. Louis, and St. Petersburg
The data for this study were collected in order to examine the delivery of police services in selected neighborhoods. Performances of police agencies organized in different ways... -
Criminality Among Narcotic Addicts in Baltimore: The Role of Nonnarcotic Drugs, 1973-1978
This study investigated the frequency with which various nonnarcotic substances were used by male narcotic addicts and the relation of these substances to different types of... -
Sanctions in the Justice System, 1942-1977: The Effects on Offenders in Racine, Wisconsin
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... -
Matching Treatment and Offender: North Carolina, 1980-1982
These data were gathered in order to evaluate the implications of rational choice theory for offender rehabilitation. The hypothesis of the research was that income-enhancing... -
Evaluation of the Elder Abuse Training Program in Massachusetts, 1993-1995
These data were collected to evaluate the Elder Protection Project in Massachusetts, sponsored by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office and funded by the Massachusetts... -
Intensive Community Supervision in Minnesota, 1990-1992: A Dual Experiment in Prison Diversion and Enhanced Supervised Release
For this program evaluation, which utilized a randomized field experiment, two separate substudies were conducted: one investigated the "front door" Intensive Community... -
Immigrant Populations as Victims in New York City and Philadelphia, 1994
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 the criminal... -
Effects of Crime on After-School Youth Development Programs in the United States, 1993-1994
This study obtained information on youth-serving organizations around the country that provide constructive activities for youth in the after-school and evening hours. It was... -
Fraud in the Savings and Loan Industry in California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, DC: White-Collar Crime and Government Response, 1986-1993
The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the factors that contributed to the epidemic of fraud in the savings and loan ("thrift") industry, the role that white-... -
Evaluation of the Weed and Seed Initiative in the United States, 1994
The Department of Justice launched Operation Weed and Seed in 1991 as a means of mobilizing a large and varied array of resources in a comprehensive, coordinated effort to... -
Availability and Use of Intermediate Sanctions by Judges and Corrections Professionals in the United States, 1994
This survey is part of a larger project designed to explore ways to increase the availability and use of intermediate sanctions (IS) on a national level without jeopardizing... -
Victims' Ratings of Police Services in New York and Texas, 1994-1995 Survey
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act of 1984 (FVPSA) provided funding, through the Office of Victims of Crime in the United States Department of Justice, for 23 law...