AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Predicting Crime through Incarceration: The Impact of Prison Cycling on Crime in Communities in Boston, Massachusetts, Newark, New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey, and Rural New Jersey, 2000-2010


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 checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.


Researchers compiled datasets on prison admissions and releases that would be comparable across places and geocoded and mapped those data onto crime rates across those same places. The data used were panel data. The data were quarterly or annual data, depending on the location, from a mix of urban (Boston, Newark and Trenton) and rural communities in New Jersey covering various years between 2000 and 2010.


The crime, release, and admission data were individual level data that were then aggregated from the individual incident level to the census tract level by quarter (in Boston and Newark) or year (in Trenton). The analyses centered on the effects of rates of prison removals and returns on rates of crime in communities (defined as census tracts) in the cities of Boston, Massachusetts, Newark, New Jersey, and Trenton, New Jersey, and across rural municipalities in New Jersey.


There are 4 Stata data files.  The Boston data file has 6,862 cases, and 44 variables.  The Newark data file has 1,440 cases, and 45 variables.  The Trenton data file has 66 cases, and 32 variables.  The New Jersey Rural data file has 1,170 cases, and 32 variables.


Tags: communities, convictions-law, corrections, crime-rates, imprisonment, prisoner-reentry
Organization: Department of Justice
Efficiency in Processing Sexual Assault Kits in Crime Laboratories and Law Enforcement Agencies, United States, 2013-2014

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they there received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except of the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompany readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collections and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.This study presents a research-informed approach to identify the most efficient practices for addressing un-submitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) that accrue in U.S. law enforcement agencies (LEAs) as well as untested SAKs pending analysis in crime laboratories. The study examined intra- and interagency dynamics associated with SAK processing efficiency in a linked sample of crime laboratories. SAK outputs and inputs were assessed for laboratories that conduct biological forensic analysis and LEAs that submit SAK evidence to these laboratories. Production functions were estimated to examine effects of labor and capital inputs, in addition to policies, management systems, and cross-agency coordination on efficiency. Six jurisdictions were recruited for site visits, and qualitative methods were used to understand how LEAs, laboratories, and prosecutors implement practices that affect efficiency.This study contains 7 data files including:Crime Lab_Raw.dta (n=147; variables =242)Crosswalk File.dta (n=2337; variables=2)lab_analysis_sample_2017-04-06.dta (n=132; variables=92)LEA Communication LCAs.dta (n=321; variables=15merged_analysis_file_JH2017-04-30.dta (n=273; variables=117)policy Class probabilities_LABS.dta (n=139; variables=19)SAK LAB COMMUNICATION LCA.dta (n=134; variables=15)

Tags: assault, evidence, rape, sexual-abuse, sexual-assault
Organization: Department of Justice
Multi-site National Institute of Justice Evaluation of Second Chance Act Reentry Courts in Seven States, 2012-2016

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they there received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except of the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompany readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collections and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.The study used a multi-method approach including 1. a process evaluation in all eight sites involving yearly site visits from 2012 to 2014 with key stakeholder interviews, observations, and participant focus groups; 2. a prospective impact evaluation (in four sites) including interviews at release from jail or prison and at 12 months after release (as well as oral swab drug tests) with reentry court participants and a matched comparison group; 3. a recidivism impact evaluation (in seven sites) with a matched comparison group tracking recidivism for 2 years post reentry court entry and 4. a cost-benefit evaluation (in seven sites) involving a transactional and institutional cost analysis (TICA) approach. Final administrative data were collected through the end of 2016.This collection includes four SPSS data files: "interview_archive2.sav" with 746 variables and 412 cases, "NESCCARC_Archive_File_3.sav" with 518 variables and 3,710 cases, "Interview Data1.sav" with 1,356 variables and 412 cases, "NESCCARC Admin Data File.sav" with 517 variables and 3,710 cases, and three SPSS syntax files: "Interview Syntax.sps", "archive_2-17.sps", and "NESCCARC Admin Data Syntax.sps".

Tags: court-costs, courts, criminal-histories, drug-use, justice, mental-health, parole, prisoner-reentry, probation, process-evaluation, punishment, recidivism, sanctions, substance-abuse-treatment, victimization
Organization: Department of Justice
Improving the Investigation of Homicide and the Apprehension Rate of Murderers in Washington State, 1981-1986

This data collection contains information on solved murders
 occurring in Washington State between 1981 and 1986. The collection is
 a subset of data from the Homicide Investigation Tracking System
 (HITS), a computerized database maintained by the state of Washington
 that contains information on murders and sexual assault cases in that
 state. The data for HITS are provided voluntarily by police and
 sheriffs' departments covering 273 jurisdictions, medical examiners'
 and coroners' offices in 39 counties, prosecuting attorneys' offices
 in 39 counties, the Washington State Department of Vital Statistics,
 and the Uniform Crime Report Unit of the Washington State Association
 of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. Collected data include crime evidence,
 victimology, offender characteristics, geographic locations, weapons,
and vehicles.

Tags: databases, demographic-characteristics, evidence, homicide, murder, offender-profiles, police-departments, police-records, sexual-assault, vehicles, victims, weapons
Organization: Department of Justice
SpeakOut: Polyvictimization Prevalence Rates for Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents - Online, 2015 [United States]

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 checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
The purpose of the study was to identify lifetime polyvictimization rates by gender identity and sexual orientation, for a national sample of sexual and gender minority adolescents. The study used an anonymous, incentivized, online survey which was completed by 1,177 sexual and gender minority adolescents who were currently enrolled in middle or high school (14 to 19-years-old).
The collection includes a README file, 1 STATA data file, (n=1,177; 520 variables) and 1 STATA syntax file.

Tags: adolescents, bullying, child-abuse, child-neglect, gender-identity, sexual-assault, sexual-behavior, victims
Organization: Department of Justice
State-Level Data on Juvenile Delinquency and Violence, Mental-Health and Psychotropic-Medication Related Issues, and School Accountability, United States, 1990-2014

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 checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

The research project has tested a possible explanation for the Great American Crime Decline of the 1990s and especially 2000s: the increasing rates at which psychotropic drugs are prescribed, especially to children and adolescents. Psychotropic drugs are often prescribed to youth for mental health conditions that involve disruptive and impulsive behaviors and learning difficulties. The effects of these drugs are thus expected to lead to the decrease in the juveniles' involvement in delinquency and violence.
The effects of two legislative changes are hypothesized to have contributed to the increased prescribing of psychotropic drugs to children growing up in families in poverty: 1) changes in eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) that made it possible for poor children to qualify for additional financial assistance due to mental health conditions (1990 and 1996), and 2) changes in school accountability rules following the passage of No Child Left Behind Act (2002) that put pressure on schools in some low-income areas to qualify academically challenged students as having ADHD or other learning disabilities.

The objectives of the project are: 1) to assemble a data set, using state-level data from various publicly available sources, containing information about trends in juvenile delinquency and violence, trends in psychotropic drug prescribing to children and adolescents, and various control variables associated with these two sets of trends; 2) to test the proposed hypotheses about the effect of increasing psychotropic medication prescribing to children and adolescents on juvenile delinquency and violence, using the assembled data set; and 3) to disseminate the scientific knowledge gained through this study among criminal justice researchers, psychiatric and public health scientists, as well as among a wider audience of practitioners and the general public.
This collection includes one SPSS file (Dataset_NIJ_GRANT_2014-R2-CX-0003_DV-IV_3-29-17.sav; n=1,275, 113 variables) and one Word syntax file (doc36775-0001_syntax.docx).

Tags: children, delinquent-behavior, disabilities, juvenile-offenders, mental-health, poverty, prescription-drugs, states-usa, students, supplemental-security-income, violence
Organization: Department of Justice
Expanding Use of the Social Reactions Questionnaire among Diverse Women, Denver, Colorado, 2013-2016

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 checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
The Social Reactions Questionnaire (SRQ) is a widely used instrument designed to measure perceptions of social reactions. Studies using the SRQ have generally asked women to report on social reactions from "other persons told about the assault," without specifying which persons. The purpose of this study was to test a modified version of the SRQ that asked women to report separately on social reactions from criminal justice personnel, community-based providers, and informal supports. The researchers sought to examine changes in social reactions longitudinally as well as the impact of social reactions on criminal justice engagement and post-traumatic distress among diverse women following a recent sexual assault. The study included testing hypotheses about the inter-relationships among social reactions, victim well-being (e.g., psychological distress), and criminal justice variables (e.g., victim engagement with prosecution). Addressing the dearth of longitudinal research on social reactions, this study examined causal links among variables. In particular, researchers tested hypotheses about changes in social reactions over time in relation to criminal justice cases and victims' post-traumatic reactions.
The data included as part of this collection includes one SPSS data file (2_1-Data_Quantiative-Variables-Updated-20180611.sav) with 3,310 variables for 228 cases. Demographic variables included: respondent's age, race, ethnicity, country of origin, sexual orientation, marital status, education level, employment status, income source, economic level, religion, household characteristics, and group identity. The data also contain transcripts of qualitative interviews and one SPSS qualitative coding dataset (file7-2_4_Data_Open_ended_Codes_from_Transcripts.sav) with 19 variables and 225 cases, which are not included in this fast track release.

Tags: community-organizations, crime, crime-reporting, criminal-justice-system, domestic-assault, post-traumatic-stress-disorder, rape, reactions-to-crime, sexual-abuse, sexual-assault, social-attitudes, social-behavior, supportive-services, victimization, wome
Organization: Department of Justice
Screening for Poly-Victimization in Predicting a Range of Behavioral and Justice-Related Outcomes in Justice-Referred Youths Screened at Intake, Connecticut, 2014-2015

Research over the past decade has identified a sub-group of traumatized youths who have had extensive exposure to multiple types of victimization, interpersonal violence, and loss. These poly-victims are at risk for involvement in delinquency, and if they become involved in juvenile justice they have more severe emotional, behavioral, interpersonal, and school problems than other justice-involved youth  (Ford, Grasso, Hawke, and Chapman, 2013). However, there is no validated tool or procedure to screen for poly-victimization with justice-involved youth. This project therefore was designed to test the feasibility of and validate a poly-victimization screen with youth in juvenile detention facilities. The project's specific aims were as follows:
Aim 1: To conduct a quasi-experimental study of the effectiveness of poly-victimization enhanced screening (PVES) in increasing the identification of traumatized juvenile justice-involved youth.
Aim 2: To test the effectiveness of PVES in reducing subsequent adverse legal outcomes: (a) number and severity of juvenile offenses, (b) extent of justice involvement.
Aim 3:  To determine if implementation of the PVE results in consistent (replicable) outcomes across two Juvenile Detention Centers.

Tags: justice, juvenile-justice, mental-health, post-traumatic-stress-disorder, victimization, victims, violence, youths
Organization: Department of Justice
Racialized Cues and Support for Justice Reinvestment: A Mixed-Method Study of Public Opinion, Boston, 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 checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
Within the past fifteen years, policymakers across the country have increasingly supported criminal justice reforms designed to reduce the scope of mass incarceration in favor of less costly, more evidence-based approaches to preventing and responding to crime. One of the primary reform efforts is the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI), a public-private partnership through which state governments work to diagnose the primary drivers of their state incarceration rates, reform their sentencing policies to send fewer nonviolent offenders to prison, and reinvest the saved money that used to go into prisons into alternatives to incarceration, instead.
This mixed-methods study sought to assess public opinion about the justice reinvestment paradigm of reform and to determine whether exposure to racialized and race-neutral cues affects people's willingness to allocate money into criminal justice institutions versus community-based social services in order to reduce and prevent crime.

Tags: crime, crime-prevention, crime-reduction, criminal-justice-policy, criminal-justice-programs, criminal-justice-system, criminality, justice, nonviolent-crime, public-opinion, public-policy, racial-attitudes, racism, sentencing, sentencing-reforms
Organization: Department of Justice
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Youth's Mental Health and Substance Needs and Services: Findings from the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP), United States, 2003

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 checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
This study examined differences in youth's mental health and substance abuse needs in seven different racial/ethnic groups of justice-involved youth. Using de-identified data from the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP), it was assessed whether differences in mental health and substance abuse needs and services existed in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of youth in custody. Data came from a nationally representative sample of 7,073 youth in residential placements across 36 states, representing five program types. An examination of the extent to which there were racial/ethnic disparities in the delivery of services in relation to need was also conducted. This examination included assessing the differences in substance-related problems, availability of substance services, and receipt of substance-specific counseling.
One SAS data file (syrp2017.sas7bdat) is included as part of this collection and has 138 variables for 7073 cases, with demographic variables on youth age, sex, race and ethnicity. Also included as part of the data collection are two SAS Program (syntax) files for use in secondary analysis of youth mental health and substance use.

Tags: correctional-facilities-juveniles, educational-background, emotional-problems, expectations, family-background, juvenile-detention, juvenile-justice, juvenile-offenders, juvenile-victims, psychological-wellbeing, social-support, substance-abuse
Organization: Department of Justice
Changing Patterns of Homicide and Social Policy in Philadelphia, Phoenix, and St. Louis, 1980-1994

This study sought to assess changes in the volume and types
of homicide committed in Philadelphia, Phoenix, and St. Louis from
1980 to 1994 and to document the nature of those changes. Three of the
eight cities originally studied by Margaret Zahn and Marc Riedel
(NATURE AND PATTERNS OF HOMICIDE IN EIGHT AMERICAN CITIES, 1978 [ICPSR
8936]) were revisited for this data collection. In each city, police
records were coded for each case of homicide occurring in the city
each year from 1980 to 1994. Homicide data for St. Louis were provided
by the St. Louis Homicide Project with Scott Decker and Richard
Rosenfeld as the principal investigators. Variables describing the
event cover study site, year of the case, date and time of assault,
location of fatal injury, method used to kill the victim, and
circumstances surrounding the death. Variables pertaining to offenders
include total number of homicide and assault victims, number of
offenders arrested, number of offenders identified, and disposition of
event for offenders. Variables on victims focus on whether the victim
was killed at work, if the victim was using drugs or alcohol, the
victim's blood alcohol level, and the relationship of the victim to
the offender. Demographic variables include age, sex, race, and
marital status of victims and offenders.

Tags: crime-patterns, homicide, offenders, police-records, victims
Organization: Department of Justice
Assessment of a Single-Purpose Substance Abuse Facility for Committed Juvenile Offenders in Virginia, 1995-1997

The objective of this data collection was to provide a
preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of treatment offered at
the Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center, a substance abuse treatment
facility in Virginia for convicted male offenders that began operation
in late 1993. The center uses a holistic approach in the treatment of
youth to identify the triggers for substance abuse and to investigate
the relationship between substance abuse and delinquent behavior. For
the facility assessment, various types of data from the Virginia
Department of Juvenile Justice were gathered. Baseline data on each
juvenile were obtained from the department's Reception and Diagnostic
Center and consisted of demographic information and I.Q. scores,
criminal history, and substance abuse history. Demographic variables
include the youth's race, last grade placement, and with whom the
youth lived. Youths' scores on standardized tests were also compiled,
including SASSI, verbal I.Q., performance I.Q., and full-scale
I.Q. scores. Criminal histories covered whether the committing offense
was a felony or misdemeanor, the type of committing offense, the total
number of committing offenses, whether a prior offense was a felony or
a misdemeanor, the type of prior offense, the total number of prior
offenses, the age at first criminal adjudication, age at commitment,
and degree of delinquency. Alcohol and drug use data focused on the
age at which alcohol was first used, number of times alcohol was used
in the past year, age at which marijuana was first used, number of
times marijuana was used in the past month, and whether the youth ever
used cocaine, crack, inhalants, speed, depressants, hallucinogens, or
other drugs. Another source of information was the youths' parole
officers, who provided data on youths' criminal offending status and
substance abuse at three, six, and twelve months after release from
the center. Data obtained from parole officers assessing youths'
improvement after leaving the center include whether they were
rearrested, the type of offense if rearrested, the total number of
offenses rearrested for, disposition, most serious offense overall,
and youths' overall drug use.

Tags: correctional-facilities, criminal-histories, delinquent-behavior, disposition-legal, drug-law-offenses, juvenile-offenders, substance-abuse, substance-abuse-treatment, treatment-facilities, treatment-outcomes
Organization: Department of Justice