AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Synthetic North Carolina Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Data, 2009-2013

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 misuse, abuse and diversion of controlled substances have reached epidemic proportion in the United States. Contributing to this problem are providers who over-prescribe these substances. The researchers in this study developed a series of metrics to identify providers manifesting unusual prescribing practices using one state's prescription monitoring program.
The collection includes 1 Excel data file with 10,000 cases and 13 variables (2015_NC_PDMP_Synthetic_Data_Set.xlsx).
Users should note the included data file is a synthetic dataset constructed with the same variance and distributions as the original data.

Tags: controlled-drugs, drug-dispensing, drug-regulation, medications, prescription-drugs
Organization: Department of Justice
Blind Collaborative Justice Survey, 2014 [UNITED STATES]


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 conducted an experimental investigation of two potential contributors to invalid testimony within adversarial litigation involving forensic evidence. First, the experts' knowledge of their party representation (i.e., prosecution vs. defense counsel), and secondly the lack of input from the relevant scientific community. The study used an experimental survey design with a realistic criminal case to examine the effects of blinding experts to their party representation and consensus feedback from a panel of experts to quantify and reduce testimonial bias.


Tags: expert-witnesses, forensic-sciences, trial-procedures, trials
Organization: Department of Justice
Building Healthy Relationships: An Evaluation of the Fourth R Curriculum with Middle School Students in Bronx, NY (2010-2012)

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 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 seeks to test the Fourth R curriculum, a curriculum that seeks to build relationship knowledge and skills, with a younger, urban population of middle school students in the Bronx, New York. Utilizing a randomized controlled trial design, this study tests the effectiveness of the Fourth R curriculum with seventh-grade students drawn from ten public middle schools in the Bronx, New York. A secondary quasi-experimental study seeks to examine diffusion of program impacts by comparing outcomes between students assigned to the experimental control sample and students in three comparison schools where no one received the Fourth R.
The study seeks to measure program impact on five primary and three secondary domains. Primary program impact domains include: 
Dating violence (victimization and perpetration) 
Sexual harassment/assault (victimization and perpetration)
Peer violence/bullying (victimization and perpetration)
Sexual activity
Drug and alcohol use
Secondary outcomes, which are targeted by the Fourth R curriculum, but are not the core program focus, include:
Perceived school safety
Positive beliefs (e.g., anti-fighting/violence, rejection of gender stereotypes)
Pro-social behaviors
This study achieved their goals through student surveys, administrator and teacher interviews, and student focus groups.

Tags: alcohol-abuse, bullying, dating-social, drug-abuse, program-evaluation, school-age-children, school-violence, sexual-harassment, violence
Organization: Department of Justice
Longitudinal Post-Coital DNA Recovery 2010-2014 [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.


This study sought to apply current and advanced Y-STR DNA technology in forensic laboratories to a large in vivo population of proxy-couples, to
provide groundwork for future inquiry about the conditions affecting DNA recovery in the living
patient, to determine timing for evidence collection, and to attempt to identify variables
influencing DNA recovery.  The objective of this research was to create the evidence base supporting or limiting the expansion of the 72-hour period
for evidence collection. Another objective was to identify conditions that might influence the
recovery of DNA, and therefore influence policies related to sample collection from the complex
post-coital environment.


The collection includes 6 SPSS data files:

AlleleRecovery Jun 2014 Allrec.sav (n=70; 34 variables)
AlleleRecovery Jun 2014 Used for descriptve analysis.sav (n=66; 58 variables)
Condom_collections-baseline-d9-Jun2014 Allrec without open-ended-ICPSR.sav (n=70; 66 variables)
DNADemogFemalesJun2014- without open-ended AllRec-ICPSR.sav (n=73; 67 variables)
DNADemogFemalesJun2014- without open-ended -For analysis with group variables-ICPSR.sav (n=66; 73 variables)
DNADemogMalesJun2014- without open-ended AllRec-ICPSR.sav (n=73; 46 variables)

and 1 SAS data file (dnalong.sas7bdat (n=264; 7 variables)).


Data from a focus group of subject matter experts which convened to identify themes from their practice are not included with this collection.


Tags: birth-control, dna-evidence, sexual-behavior, sexually-transmitted-disease
Organization: Department of Justice
Assessment of Crossover Youth in Maryland, 1989-2014


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 study was designed to begin to build a knowledge base to address the challenges of crossover youth in Maryland - those involved at some point in their lives in the dependency and delinquency systems.  Employing a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, the research focused on the five most populous jurisdictions in the state, Baltimore City, and Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Prince George's, and Baltimore Counties.


This collection includes 4 SPSS data files:

CINA BCity_Archive_final_Corrected-ICPSR.sav (n=400; 64 variables)
CY Stakeholder Survey_Archive_final_Corrected_Update2016-ICPSR.sav (n=164; 302 variables)
Delinquency_Risk_Archive_final_Corrected_Update2016-ICPSR.sav (n=1,127; 62 variables)
Needs_Archive_final-ICPSR.sav (n=700; 67 variables)



Data from interviews with 26 officials in state and local agencies to collect information on policies and practices affecting crossover youth in Maryland are not available as part of this collection.


Tags: child-welfare, delinquent-behavior, juvenile-justice, public-assistance-programs, social-services, youths
Organization: Department of Justice
Changing Patterns of Drug Abuse and Criminality Among Crack Cocaine Users in New York City, 1988-1989

This collection examines the characteristics of users and
 sellers of crack cocaine and the impact of users and sellers on the
 criminal justice system and on drug treatment and community programs.
 Information was also collected concerning users of drugs other than
 crack cocaine and the attributes of those users. Topics covered
 include initiation into substance use and sales, expenses for drug
 use, involvement with crime, sources of income, and primary substance
 of abuse. Demographic information includes subject's race, educational
 level, living area, social setting, employment status, occupation,
 marital status, number of children, place of birth, and date of
 birth. Information was also collected about the subject's parents:
education level, occupation, and place of birth.

Tags: crack-cocaine, criminal-justice-system, criminality, demographic-characteristics, drug-abuse, drug-related-crimes, drug-traffic, drug-treatment, drug-use
Organization: Department of Justice
Evaluation of Services to Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking; 2011-2013

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 was a process evaluation of three programs funded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) to identify and provide services to victims of sex and labor trafficking who are U.S citizens and lawful permanent residents (LPR) under the age of 18. The three programs evaluated in this study were: 
 The Standing Against Global Exploitation Everywhere (SAGE) Project
The Salvation Army Trafficking Outreach Program and Intervention Techniques (STOP-IT) program
 The Streetwork Project at Safe Horizon
The goals of the evaluation were to document program implementation in the three programs, identify promising practices for service delivery programs, and inform delivery of current and future efforts by the programs to serve this population. The evaluation examined young people served by the programs, their service needs and services delivered by the programs, the experiences of young people and staff with the programs, and programs' efforts to strengthen community response to trafficked youth.

Tags: human-trafficking, program-evaluation, programs, sex-trafficking, youths-at-risk
Organization: Department of Justice
Reforming Public Child Welfare in Indiana, 2007-2009

The study of Indiana's Child Welfare reform was designed to identify community professionals' perceptions of the Department of Child Services (DCS) following the release of a pilot program to reform child welfare in the state of Indiana. In December, 2005, the pilot project was officially rolled out in three regions of the state. The three chosen regions of the state included 11 county agencies with both urban and rural population centers. Together these regions represented 28% of the state's CHINS (Child In Need of Service) population and 20% of the child fatalities for 2004. This study represents data collected to identify perceptions of the DCS by sending a survey to professionals in the 11 pilot and 12 comparison counties. The survey questions were arranged by categories of safety, permanency, well-being, DCS goals, the reform, team meetings, and demographics. Nine separate instruments were developed and disseminated for each community group.
The community professionals surveyed included: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs), foster parents, judges, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), medical and public health professionals, schools, social service professionals, and mental health professionals. Survey instruments were tailored to each audience, with questions that were derived from the DCS "Framework for Individualized Needs-Based Child Welfare Service Provisions," which outlined the agency's core practice values and principles.

Tags: child-advocacy, child-welfare, courts, judges, law-enforcement-agencies, public-health, school-personnel, social-services
Organization: Department of Justice
Street Stops and Police Legitimacy: Accountability and Legal Socialization in Everyday Policing of Young Adults  in New York City, 2011-2013


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 interviewed young men living in New York City about their experiences being stopped by the police on the street or in their cars. It examined how experience with the police as well as general evaluations of police policies, practices and behaviors in the respondent's neighborhood shaped views about police legitimacy, and law related behavior, such as compliance with the law and cooperation with legal authorities.


Tags: community-policing, police-citizen-interactions, police-community-relations, police-effectiveness, police-harassment, police-officers, police-patrol, police-response, police-use-of-deadly-force, police-use-of-force, young-adults
Organization: Department of Justice
Forensic Evidence and Criminal Justice Outcomes in Sexual Assault Cases in Massachusetts, 2008-2012

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 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 project had three goals. One, to provide a more detailed description of injury evidence and biological evidence in sexual assault cases, including their timing relative to arrests. A second goal was to examine the relationship of forensic evidence to arrests. A third goal was to examine injury evidence and biological evidence in certain types of cases in which it may have had greater impact. To achieve these goals, the researchers created analysis data files that merged data from the Massachusetts Provided Sexual Crime Report, forensic evidence data  from the two crime laboratories serving the state and data on arrests and criminal charges from 140 different police agencies. 

Tags: arrest-rates, arrests, case-processing, child-abuse, evidence, forensic-medicine, sexual-assault, victimization
Organization: Department of Justice
Estimating the Unlawful Commercial Sex Economy in the United States [Eight Cities]; 2003-2007

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 measures the size and structure of the underground commercial sex economy in eight major US cities: San Diego, Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Washington, DC, Kansas City, Atlanta, and Miami. The goals of this study were to derive a more rigorous estimate of the underground commercial sex economy (UCSE) in eight major US cities and to provide an understanding of the structure of this underground economy.
Researchers relied on a multi-method approach using both qualitative and quantitative data to estimate the size of UCSE including:
Collecting official data on crime related to the underground weapons and drugs economies
Conducting semi-structured interviews with convicted traffickers, pimps, child pornographers, and sex workers at the federal, state, and local levels
Conducting semi-structured interviews with local and federal police investigators and prosecutors to inform our analysis of the interrelationship across different types of underground commercial sex activity.

Tags: child-pornography, human-trafficking, prostitution, sex-offender-profiles, sex-offenders, sex-offenses, sex-trafficking, sexual-exploitation
Organization: Department of Justice
Calls for Service to Police as a Means of Evaluating Crime Trends in Oklahoma City, 1986-1988

In an effort to measure the effectiveness of crime
deterrents and to estimate crime rates, calls for assistance placed to
police in Oklahoma City over a two-year period were enumerated. This
type of call was studied in order to circumvent problems such as
"interviewer's effect" and sampling errors that occur with other
methods. The telephone calls were stratified by police district,
allowing for analysis on the neighborhood level to determine whether
deterrence operates ecologically--that is, by neighbors informing one
another about arrests which took place as a result of their calls to
the police. In measuring deterrence, only the calls that concerned
robbery were used. To estimate crime rates, calls were tallied on a
monthly basis for 18 types of offenses: aggravated assault, robbery,
rape, burglary, grand larceny, motor vehicle theft, simple assault,
fraud, child molestation, other sex offenses, domestic disturbance,
disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, vice and drugs, petty larceny,
shoplifting, kidnapping/hostage taking, and suspicious activity.

Tags: arrests, assault, auto-theft, burglary, child-abuse, civil-disorders, crime-patterns, crime-prevention, crime-rates, deterrence, kidnapping, larceny, neighborhoods, petty-theft, rape, robbery, sex-offenses
Organization: Department of Justice
Crime Victimization and Police Treatment of Undocumented Migrant Workers in Palisades Park, NJ, 2011-2012

 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 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 exploratory study used the case of Palisades Park, New Jersey, to examine five problem areas: the political economy of migrant labor, prevalence and patterns of criminal victimization against undocumented migrant workers (UMWs), prevalence and patterns of violence against women among UMWs, police-migrant interactions, and criminal offending of UMWs. Data collection efforts were concentrated on the recruitment and survey of 160 male day laborers and 120 female migrant workers in face-to-face interviews. Additional data from focus group and key informant interviews were gathered to provide in-depth information on specific concerns and issues.

Tags: illegal-immigrants, immigrants, migrant-workers, police, sexual-assault, victimization
Organization: Department of Justice
Examination of the Conditions Affecting Forensic Scientists' Workplace Productivity and Occupational Stress [United States], 2012-2013

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 assessed the occupational experiences of forensic scientists working in laboratories across the United States. The sample included 899 forensic scientists in public and private laboratories operating at the local, state, and federal level across the United States. The study addressed the levels of work stressors and satisfaction among forensic scientists across the various disciplines, along with any correlates to working conditions, requests from various criminal justice system actors, policies, procedures, and demographic conditions. The use of positive and negative coping strategies by scientists was also measured to assess how individuals working in the field are affected by their job. Finally, the ergonomic and working environment of bench scientists were assessed to consider any influence they might have on their reported levels of stress and satisfaction.

Tags: coping, forensic-sciences, job-satisfaction, job-stress, productivity, work-environment
Organization: Department of Justice
The Role and Impact of Forensic Evidence on the Criminal Justice System, 2004-2008 [United States]

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 collection includes data gathered through three separate study designs. The first study called for tracking cases and forensic evidence through local criminal justice processes for five offenses: homicide, sexual assault, aggravated assault, robbery and burglary. Two sites, Denver, Colorado, and San Diego, California, participated in the study. Demographic data were collected on victims (Victim Data n = 7,583) and defendants (Defendant Data n = 2,318). Data on forensic evidence collected at crime scenes included DNA material (DNA Evidence Data n = 1,894), firearms evidence (Ballistics Evidence Data n = 488), latent prints (Latent Print Evidence Data n = 766), trace evidence (Other Impressions Evidence Data n = 49), and drug evidence (Drug Evidence Data n = 43). Comparisons were then made between open and closed cases from the participating sites. Two smaller studies were conducted as part of this grant. The second study was an analysis of an experiment in the Miami-Date, Florida Police Department (Miami-Data County Data n = 1,421) to determine whether clearance rates for no-suspect property crimes could be improved through faster processing of DNA evidence. The third study was a survey of 75 police departments across the nation (Crime Labs Survey Data) to obtain information on the organizational placement, staffing and responsibilities of crime lab units.

Tags: aggravated-assault, burglary, crime-laboratories, criminal-investigations, dna-fingerprinting, evidence, forensic-sciences, homicide, robbery, sexual-assault, suspect-identification, victim-identification
Organization: Department of Justice