AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART), 1988

This collection was undertaken in response to the mandate of the
1984 Missing Children Act. The objective of the act was to estimate the
incidence of five categories of children: children abducted by family
members, children abducted by nonfamily members, runaways, thrownaways
(those not wanted by their families or taken from families because of abuse
or neglect), and children considered missing. Data were collected by
several different methods. The centerpiece of this collection is a
household survey (Parts 19, 20, and 35) that interviewed families to
determine whether any children fit the categories under study. Basic
demographic information on age, race, and sex was collected, and questions
on the family situation were asked of identified children and their parents
and siblings. A survey of juvenile facilities (Parts 28 and 29) was also
conducted to determine how many children had run away from these
facilities. Facility administrators were prompted for demographic
information on the runaways as well as for information on the structure of
the runaways' families. In addition, a survey of returned runaways
(children who had run away and returned home) (Part 30) was completed to
find out whether children's accounts of runaway episodes matched the
accounts given by their parents. Children were queried about their
relationships with their parents and their views of their contributions to
the family. They were also asked about each specific runaway episode:
whether they actually ran away or were asked to leave, how long the episode
lasted, whether friends knew about it, whether friends accompanied them,
whether they used drugs before, during, or after the episode, how they were
found, where they were found, and whether disciplinary action was taken.
The police records component (Parts 31-33) contains information on
homicides, abductions, and sexual assaults.

Tags: drug-use, family-relationships, juveniles, kidnapping, missing-children
Organization: Department of Justice
Missouri Juvenile Court Records, 1984-1987

This data collections provides information on each juvenile 
 case disposed in the state of Missouri during calendar years 1984-1987. 
 The state of Missouri began collecting and disseminating juvenile court 
 data in 1975 as the result of legislation by the Division of Youth 
 Services within the Department of Social Services. Despite this 
 legislation no binding laws required the courts to submit data to the 
 Division of Youth Services. In 1980, such a law was passed, and data 
 were first collected in 1982 and 1983. The system was automated in 
 1984, and these data are now available for public use. The data files 
 provide information on juveniles' progress through the juvenile justice 
 system from the time of referral to juvenile court to final 
 disposition. Variables include sex, race, and birth date of the 
 juveniles, court referral date, major allegation, number of law 
 violations, number of prior referrals, detention status, jail status, 
court orders, placement status, and final court action.

Tags: court-cases, courts, criminal-justice-system, disposition-legal, juvenile-courts, juvenile-offenders
Organization: Department of Justice
Delinquency in a Birth Cohort II: Philadelphia, 1958-1988

The purpose of this data collection was to follow a birth
cohort born in Philadelphia during 1958 with a special focus on
delinquent activities as children and as adults. The respondents were
first interviewed in DELINQUENCY IN A BIRTH COHORT IN PHILADELPHIA,
PENNSYLVANIA, 1945-1963 (ICPSR 7729). Part 1 offers basic demographic
information, such as sex, race, date of birth, church membership, age,
and socioeconomic status, on each cohort member. Two files supply
offense data: Part 2 pertains to offenses committed while a juvenile
and Part 3 details offenses as an adult. Offense-related variables
include most serious offense, police disposition, location of crime,
reason for police response, complainant's sex, age, and race, type of
victimization, date of offense, number of victims, average age of
victims, number of victims killed or hospitalized, property loss,
weapon involvement, and final court disposition. Part 4, containing
follow-up survey interview data collected in 1988, was designed to
investigate differences in the experiences and attitudes of individuals
with varying degrees of involvement with the juvenile justice system.
Variables include individual histories of delinquency, health,
household composition, marriage, parent and respondent employment and
education, parental contacts with the legal system, and other social
and demographic variables.

Tags: adult-offenders, criminal-histories, criminal-justice-system, delinquent-behavior, demographic-characteristics, disposition-legal, juvenile-offenders, police-response, victimization
Organization: Department of Justice
Law-Related Education Evaluation Project [United States], 1979-1984

This data collection contains information gathered to
evaluate certain activities of a number of organizations dedicated to
the advancement of law-related education (LRE) in elementary, junior
high, and senior high schools. The organizations whose activities were
evaluated were (1) the Constitution Rights Foundation, (2) Law in a
Free Society, (3) the National Street Law Institute, (4) the American
Bar Association's Special Committee on Youth Education for
Citizenship, (5) the Children's Legal Rights Information and Training
Program, and (6) the Phi Alpha Delta Committee for Juvenile
Justice. The evaluation research dealt primarily with two types of
issues: (1) the degree of increase in awareness of and receptivity
toward LRE among the nation's educators, juvenile justice, and other
related professionals, as well as the degree of institutionalization
of LRE in certain targeted states (i.e., California, Michigan, and
North Carolina), and (2) the degree to which LRE could produce changes
in students' knowledge of and attitudes about the law, and reduce
juvenile delinquency (measured both by self-reported delinquency rates
and by attitudes previously shown to be correlated with delinquent
behavior). In 1981 (Part 1) and again in 1982 (Part 2), questionnaires
were mailed to a sample of professionals in state educational
organizations as well as to elementary and secondary school
principals, juvenile justice specialists, juvenile and family court
judges, police chiefs, and law school deans. Respondents were asked
whether they had heard of the various projects, what they thought of
LRE in terms of its impact on students and usefulness in the
curriculum, whether LRE should be required, what type of publicity had
contributed to their awareness of LRE, and the degree of involvement
they would be willing to have in promoting or developing LRE
programs. In a second component of the study, primary and secondary
school students were selected for an impact evaluation of the LRE
activities run by the six organizations under evaluation.
Questionnaires were administered to students during academic years
1982-1983 (Part 3) and 1983-1984 (Part 4), before and after
participating in LRE courses offered by the programs under
evaluation. Control students (not taking LRE courses) were also used
for the comparisons. The questionnaires tested the knowledge,
attitudes (measuring such factors as isolation from school, delinquent
peer influence, negative labeling, and attitudes toward violence), and
self-reported delinquency of school children. Demographic information
collected about the student respondents includes sex, age, race, grade
in school, and grade-point average.

Tags: education, educational-assessment, educational-programs, elementary-school-students, high-school-students, junior-high-school-students, juvenile-justice, law, outreach-programs, peer-influence, program-evaluation, student-attitudes, student-behavior
Organization: Department of Justice
A Randomized Impact Evaluation of Capturing Kids' Hearts, South Carolina, 2016-2018

Funded by the National Institute of Justice, and in collaboration with the Flippen Group, the South Carolina Department of Education, and the districts of Charleston, Georgetown, Greenville, and Richland County Schools, WestEd conducted a randomized controlled trial of violence prevention and a school climate improvement program known as Capturing Kids' Hearts Campus by Design (CKH).
CKH is a skill intensive, systematic process, whole-school intervention, designed to strengthen students' connectedness to school through enhancing protective factors (strong bonds with teachers, clear rules of conduct that are consistently enforced) and targeting modifiable risk factors (inappropriate behavior, poor social coping skills). The CKH training program aims to address the mechanisms and processes of social skills instruction that lead to improved student behavior by promoting skills acquisition (i.e., modeling, coaching, and behavioral rehearsal), enhancing skills performance, removing competing behavior, and facilitating maintenance of social skills.
Components of CKH have been widely used throughout the United States. As of 2013, CKH training has been offered to over 200,000 staff in more than 7,000 schools. Although widely used, the whole package of CKH training and service has not been sufficiently subjected to a rigorous evaluation to assess the effectiveness of the program.
The purpose of this study is to test and evaluate the Capturing Kids' Hearts package of programs and processes offered in the school-wide model, CKH Campus by Design, which includes Capturing Kids' Hearts, Process Champions-Plus, Campus TrAction Pacs, Teen Leadership, CKH Recharged, and Leadership Blueprint.

Tags: bullying, educational-environment, program-evaluation, school-age-children, school-security, student-attitudes, student-behavior, teacher-student-relationship, teaching-methods, victimization
Organization: Department of Justice
Enhancing School Resource Officers Effectiveness through Online Professional and Job Embedded Coaching, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2018-2020

This pilot project was aimed at promoting the skills of School Resource Officers, through an innovative online professional development platform. Conducted in partnership with Florida Public Schools, this project involved the development, testing, and refinement of online modules around trauma-informed care, social emotional learning, restorative problem-solving, and cultural competence. After development of the four modules, a small pilot evaluation was conducted with K-12 School Security Professionals to assess for efficacy and scalability. The survey assessed knowledge retention, and gathered demographic information including: age, gender, race/ethnicity, and education level.

Tags: curriculum-evaluation, professional-development, school-personnel, school-security, schools
Organization: Department of Justice
Evidence-Based Screening and Assessment: A Randomized Trial of a Validated Assessment Tool in Three New York City Drug Courts, 2011-2015

With funding from the National Institute of Justice, the Center for Court Innovation examined the impact of introducing an evidence-based risk-need assessment and treatment matching protocol into three New York City drug courts. Preexisting practice in all three sites involved administration of a non-validated bio-psychosocial assessment, whose results informed the professional judgment of court-employed case managers, but without the aid of a structured decision making system.

Tags: arrests, court-cases, court-system, criminal-histories, drug-courts, drug-law-offenses, drug-testing, drug-treatment, drug-use, homelessness, recidivism, residential-programs, substance-abuse, substance-abuse-treatment
Organization: Department of Justice
Cross-Site Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Programs, United States, 2011-2016

The cross-site evaluation of the Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects (AORDP) was a seven-site study designed to 1) describe the implementation and sustainability of each AORDP project through a process evaluation, 2) determine the per capita program costs of each AORDP project through a cost study, and 3) determine the effectiveness of the programs through a multicomponent outcome study. The seven evaluation sites were located in California, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The objectives of the outcome evaluation were to determine the effects of program participation on recidivism and other outcomes and assess whether program participation increased engagement in services, including substance abuse treatment and mental health services. The outcome evaluation consisted of two components:
1. Cross-site prospective study designed to collect longitudinal survey data with a sample of program participants and appropriate comparison or control subjects to assess the impact of the SCA funding on access to services and reentry outcomes, such as substance use, employment, housing, and health. 
2. Site-specific recidivism analyses using administrative data to assess the impact of AORDP program participation on recidivism outcomes for all individuals enrolled in the AORDP programs and a matched comparison group in each site

Tags: criminal-justice-system, employment, outcome-evaluation, prisoner-reentry, program-evaluation, recidivism, substance-abuse
Organization: Department of Justice
Contents and Contexts of Cyberbullying: An Epidemiologic Study using Electronic Detection and Social Network Analysis, Iowa, 2014-2015

Using a multi-methods research design, this study classified the contents of cyberbullying messages, measured their frequency and associations with offline bullying, and examined whether and how peer groups in social networks promote these behaviors.
Beginning in January 2015, 164 adolescents from 2 Iowa middle schools, grades 6 through 8, were surveyed. Two surveys, one at the start of the spring semester and one at the end of spring 2015, gathered self-reported information on perpetration, victimization, and witnessing of online and offline bullying and the structure of peer networks. A total of 77 students furthermore participated in an electronic capture period from January through May 2015. Participant smartphones were equipped with an application that collected incoming and outgoing text messages and Facebook and Twitter activity, and also surveyed them weekly about their bullying experiences. Demographic information collected included age, grade, gender, ethnicity, parents' marital status, household composition, religiosity, and socioeconomic status.

Tags: bullying, digital-communications, internet, school-violence, student-behavior
Organization: Department of Justice
National Youth Gang Survey, [United States], 1996-2001

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.Prior to 1996, surveys pertaining to youth gangs in the United States were conducted infrequently, and methodology and samples had been inconsistent. No single source of data pertaining to the nature, size, and scope of youth gangs existed. From 1996 through 2012, the National Youth Gang Survey (NYGS) collected data annually from a large, representative sample of local law enforcement agencies to track the span and seriousness of gang activity nationwide. The NYGS collected data from a sample of the universe of law enforcement agencies in the United States from which data can be extrapolated to determine the scope of youth gangs nationally.This collection includes one SPSS data file "1996-2001_cleaned_for_NACJD.sav" with 330 variables and 3,018 cases.

Tags: crime, delinquent-behavior, gang-violence, gangs, law-enforcement, violence, youths
Organization: Department of Justice
National Youth Gang Survey, [United States], 2002-2012

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.
The National Youth Gang Survey (NYGS) 2002-2012 is a continuation of data collected annually from a representative sample of all law enforcement agencies in the United States that began in 1996. In 2002, the NYGS resampled law enforcement agencies based on updated data from the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the NYGS continued to collect law enforcement data through 2012. This longitudinal study allows for examination of the trends in scope and magnitude of youth gangs nationally by measuring the presence, characteristics, and behaviors of local gangs in jurisdictions throughout the United States.
This collection includes 1 SPSS data file with 2,388 cases and 606 variables.

Tags: crime-reporting, delinquent-behavior, gang-members, gang-migration, gang-violence, gangs, law-enforcement, youths
Organization: Department of Justice
Mapping the School to Prison Pipeline in North Carolina, 1972-2016

This project was centered on the apparent tension between keeping schools safe and keeping students attached to school. The project used comprehensive administrative data from the North Carolina public school system available through the North Carolina Education Research Data Center (NCERDC). 
This dataset, along with juvenile court record data and publicly-available data from the North Carolina adult criminal justice system, linked administrative information from the same individuals in both school disciplinary records and the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. The ultimate goal of this project was to determine if different policy choices by schools causally decrease rates of in-school violence in the short run and/or increase rates of conviction and incarceration in the long term. 

Tags: conviction-records, education, juvenile-justice, middle-schools, parole, probation
Organization: Department of Justice
Dynamic, Graph-Based Risk Assessments for the Detection of Violent Extremist Radicalization Trajectories Using Large Scale Social and Behavioral Data, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, 1994-2020

This project examines the trajectory of radicalization of jihadists and Incels with two broad objectives in mind. First, to develop new integrated computational technology that can mine, monitor, and screen for the occurrence of behaviors associated with dangerously escalating extremism in large heterogenous databases and provide early warnings of individuals or groups on behavioral trajectories toward extremist violence. Second, to harness data science methodologies to enable rapid, semi-automated support for law enforcement analysts and social science researchers to produce structured behavioral indicator profiles from text sources.
The study operated from the premise that being that violent extremists are a rare, complex phenomenon, it is futile to search for a profile of extremism. Rather, it is better to focus on explaining how people come to embrace violent extremism. This path, referred to here as a radicalization trajectory, implies that an arc exists leading the perpetrator from entertaining extremist ideas to action, and that there is a somewhat predictable pathway from a normal, if perhaps angry state, to the perpetration of a violent attack in the name of the ideology. Two teams were combined to analyze radicalization trajectories: data collection and analysis led by Brandeis University and technology development led by Colorado State University (CSU).
The questions revolving around the technological development were as follows: Can tools that rigorously examine and account for the activities of close associates better predict the likelihood that an individual would engage in violent extremism? Which risk assessment indicators for violent extremism in the extant literature are detectable via automated or semi-automated technologies, and what databases and datasets must be integrated to facilitate this detection? Can computationally efficient tools be used to mine these databases for the specific purposes of monitoring and screening for individuals and small groups posing a significant risk for violence?
Users should refer to the data collection notes field below for additional information about study citation.

Tags: feminism, incels, radicalism, terrorism, violence
Organization: Department of Justice
Situational Factors and the Victim-Offender Overlap, Pennsylvania, 2013-2014

This study examines explanations for the victim-offender overlap using data obtained from male prison inmates and a community sample. It employs two different designs, both of which are based on situational analyses of incidents. First, respondents are asked about their frequency of victimization and offending, as well as other behaviors. Second, respondents are asked about a violent and non-violent conflict in which they were recently involved.

Tags: conflict, human-behavior, interpersonal-conflict, offenders, prison-inmates, victims, violence
Organization: Department of Justice
Understanding the Impact of School Safety on the High School Transition Experience: From Etiology to Prevention, Flint, Michigan, 2016

This is a multi-method study of school violence and victimization during the transition to high school. This study has two major data collection efforts. First, a full population survey of 7th through 10th grade students across 10 Flint Community Schools (fall 2016) -- which serve primarily African American and poor populations -- that will identify patterns of student victimization, including the location and seriousness of violent events, and examine the connections between school and community violence. This will be followed by a three-wave panel qualitative study of 100 students interviewed every 6 months beginning in the spring of their 8th grade year (spring 2017) and continuing through their 9th grade year.
The goal of the interviews will be to further the research from the survey and develop a deeper understanding of how school safety impacts the transition experience, school violence, including how communities conflict impacts school safety, and what youth do to protect themselves from school-related victimization.
Researchers integrated crime incident data from the Flint police department as a source for triangulation of findings. A community workgroup will provide guided translation of findings generated from mixed-methods analyses, and develop an action plan to help students successfully transition to high school. Results and policy implications will be given to practitioner, researcher, and public audiences through written, oral, and web-based forums. De-identified data will be archived at the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data.

Tags: fear-of-crime, high-schools, school-violence, schools, victimization
Organization: Department of Justice