AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Federally Prosecuted Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Cases, United States, 1998-2005

To increase understanding of the prosecution of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth (CSEC) offenders, the Urban Institute, a non-partisan social and economic policy research organization, along with Polaris Project, an anti-human trafficking organization based in the United States and Japan, were awarded a cooperative agreement from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to conduct a 12-month study on CSEC in the United States. The purpose of this research was to conduct a national analysis of federal prosecutions of CSEC-related cases from 1998 through 2005, in order to answer the following four research questions:

Is the United States enforcing existing federal laws related to CSEC?
What are key features of successfully prosecuted CSEC cases? What factors predict convictions in cases? What factors predict sentence length?
Have the U.S. courts increased penalties associated with sexual crimes against children?
What, if any, are the effects of CSEC legislation on service providers who work with these victims?
The data collection includes three datasets: (Dataset 1) Base Cohort File with 7,696 cases for 50 variables, (Dataset 2) Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Defendants in cases filed in U.S. Court with 7,696 cases for 100 variables, and (Dataset 3) Suspects in Criminal Matters Investigated and Concluded by U.S. Attorneys Dataset with 13,819 cases for 14 variables.

Tags: child-prostitution, children, convictions-law, court-cases, exploitation, human-rights, human-trafficking, prosecution, sex-offenses, sex-trafficking, sexual-exploitation
Organization: Department of Justice
Dating Abuse Prevention in Teens of Moms with Domestic Violence Protection Orders, North Carolina, 2010-2011

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.
Children exposed to domestic violence are at increased risk of experiencing and perpetrating violence against their partners when they become adolescents and adults. Despite this increased risk and the fact that approximately 15 million children are exposed to domestic violence yearly, there have been no evaluated dating abuse prevention programs conducted specifically with this population. 
The collection contains 2 SAS data files: baseline_final.sas (n=51; 465 variables) and followup_final.sas (n=32; 463 variables). 

Tags: abuse, adolescents, aggression, anger, communication, conflict-resolution, dating-social, domestic-violence, emotional-abuse, families, mothers, parent-child-relationship, sexual-abuse, violence
Organization: Department of Justice
Multi-State Study of Meeting Domestic Violence Survivors' Needs Through Non-Residential Services and Supports, 2010

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 examined services and supports provided by domestic violence programs. It had four main goals:Learn more about what domestic violence survivors want when they come to programs for supportive services, the extent to which survivors have had their service expectations met, and survivors' assessment of immediate outcomes associated with the services they receive.Learn more about how survivors' experiences, needs and immediate outcomes vary across demographic and domestic violence program characteristics.Identify multi-level factors associated with survivors' positive service experiences.Develop recommendations for domestic violence programs across the country for how they might improve their services.Data were collected during a nine month period from 1,467 survivors (Survivor Survey Data) from 90 domestic violence programs in four states: Alabama, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Washington. The states were chosen to maximize geographical, population, rural/urban and economic diversity. Programs were also selected (Program Survey Data) for participation by major national culturally-specific institutes and organizations, to help ensure diversity of the survivor and program samples. In addition, 10 focus groups were conducted with a total of 73 domestic violence survivors, with a focus on marginalized groups.

Tags: domestic-violence, supportive-services
Organization: Department of Justice
Monitoring Drug Epidemics and the Markets That Sustain Them, Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) and ADAM II Data, 2000-2003 and 2007-2010

This study examined trends in the use of five widely abused drugs among arrestees at 10 geographically diverse locations from 2000 to 2010: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Manhattan, Minneapolis, Portland Oregon, Sacramento, and Washington DC. The data came from the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program reintroduced in 2007 (ADAM II) and its predecessor the ADAM program. ADAM data included urinalysis results that provided an objective measure of recent drug use, provided location specific estimates over time, and provided sample weights that yielded unbiased estimates for each location. The ADAM data were analyzed according to a drug epidemics framework, which has been previously employed to understand the decline of the crack epidemic, the growth of marijuana use in the 1990s, and the persistence of heroin use. Similar to other diffusion of innovation processes, drug epidemics tend to follow a natural course passing through four distinct phases: incubation, expansion, plateau, and decline. The study also searched for changes in drug markets over the course of a drug epidemic.

Tags: adam-duf-program, arrests, cocaine, crack-cocaine, crime-patterns, drug-abuse, drug-offenders, drug-related-crimes, drug-testing, drug-treatment, drug-use, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, trends, urinalysis
Organization: Department of Justice
Preventing Firearm Violence Among Victims of Intimate Partner  Violence in North Carolina, 2003-2004

The study examined (1) the scope and nature of firearm possession by Domestic Violence Protective Order (DVPO) defendants, (2) pre- and post-legislation experiences of firearm-related intimate partner violence (IPV) among women applying for Domestic Violence Protective Orders, (3) judges' behaviors specifying firearm-related conditions in DVPOs prior to and following the legislation, and (4) the proportion of and manner in which male DVPO defendants surrendered firearms subsequent to the enactment of the new legislation. Records were extracted for 952 adult women (age 18 and older) seeking relief from a male intimate partner by filing a civil action under North Carolina Statute Chapter 50B in Durham and Wake counties, North Carolina from February 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004, and from their male offenders. Researchers compiled data from three sources: (1) DVPO files, (2) Court Ordered Protection Evaluation (COPE) study, and (3) Criminal background checks. Variables from the DVPO files include demographic information about the plaintiff and defendant, the relationship between the plaintiff and defendant, number of children under 18 in common, incident prompting the DVPO motion, DVPO conditions requested by the plaintiff, ex parte conditions granted including firearm-related restrictions, details of DVPO hearing (e.g. date, presence of attorneys), disposition of the permanent DVPO, conditions of the DVPO, if granted, and the Civil District (CVD) number for that case. Variables from the COPE study include COPE interview information regarding the women's intimate partner violence (IPV) experiences prior to filing for the DVPO (including firearm-related IPV), whether the judge inquired about firearms during the ex parte or DVPO hearings, whether the defendant possessed firearm(s) and whether he surrendered them, women's IPV experiences post-ex parte (including firearm-related IPV), and the CVD number for that case. Variables from the criminal background check include applicable charges (assault on female, communicating threats, violation of DVPO, stalking, other domestic violence related charges, firearm charges, and concealed weapon charges), the associated offense dates, and the existence and scope of other types of charges (i.e. one or more than one additional charges), and the CVD number for that case.

Tags: abuse, court-cases, courts, domestic-violence, firearms, intimate-partner-violence, spouse-abuse, victimization, victims, violence-against-women
Organization: Department of Justice
Neuropsychological and Emotional Deficits as Predictors of Correctional Treatment Response in Maryland, 2003-2005

The study was designed to elucidate underlying
neuropsychological and emotional regulatory mechanisms in variable
responses to a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) program among prison
inmates. This study tested the hypotheses that performance deficits in
executive cognitive function (ECF) tasks and emotional responses will
characterize aggressive and disruptive inmates and predict treatment
response. All subjects were examined using noninvasive behavioral,
psychological, ECF, and hormone tests. The data contain a total of 232
cases. Inmates volunteering to participate in the cognitive-behavioral
therapy (CBT) program offered by the Maryland correctional system were
recruited from three facilities using a pseudo-random selection
procedure during intake into the program. Consenting inmates received
an extensive baseline testing battery of several complementary
dimensions of higher order neuropsychological functions as well as
conditions that influence them: (1) three ECF tasks and one emotional
perception task, (2) collection of salivary cortisol during an acute
stress task and the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) taken beforehand,
(3) a short general neuropsychological test, (4) three psychological
questionnaires, (5) an historical inventory to assess prior drug use
and child and family background, and (6) a treatment readiness,
responsivity, and gain scale. An events inventory and a success
inventory were also administered. Several additional tests were
administered repeatedly throughout treatment. A record review was
conducted after program completion to ascertain incidents of
institutional misconduct as well as treatment performance outcomes.
Variables include IQ, demographics, background information, prior drug
use, early trauma, psychopathy, aggression, stressful events, success,
reactions to provocation, treatment readiness, emotional
perception/regulation, executive cognitive performance, cortisol
measures, treatment gain, treatment responsivity, treatment
completion, Maryland Offender Based State Correctional Information
System (OBSCIS) data, institutional infractions, segregations, and
several other computed variables.

Tags: addiction, aggression, behavior-modification, behavior-problems, cognitive-processes, correctional-facilities, decision-making, emotional-states, evaluation, human-behavior, inmates, intervention-strategies, personality-assessment, program-evaluation, res
Organization: Department of Justice
Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP) 2003 [United States]

The Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP) is the only national survey that gathers data directly from youth in the juvenile justice system.  The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) designed the survey in 2000 and 2001 to survey offender youth between the ages of 10 and 20.  SYRP asks the youth about their backgrounds, offense histories and problems; the facility environment; experiences in the facility; experiences with alcohol and drugs; experiences of victimization in placement; medical needs and services received; and their expectations for the future. SYRP research provides answers to a number of questions about the characteristics and experiences of youth in custody including:

Who are the youth in placement?
What are their offenses? 
What are their family backgrounds?
What are their expectations for the future?
How are youth grouped in living units and programs?
What activities are available in each facility?
How accessible are social, emotional, and legal supports?
What is the quality of the youth-staff relationships?
How clear are the facility's rules?
How clear is the facility's commitment to justice and due process?
What methods of control and discipline do staff use?
SYRP's findings are based on anonymous interviews with a nationally representative sample of youth in custody during the spring of 2003 using audio computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI) technology. SYRP is the latest addition to two ongoing data collections that OJJDP designed and implemented in the 1990s. It joins the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement and the Juvenile Residential Facility Census to provide updated statistics on youth in custody in the juvenile justice system. 
SYRP bulletins, reports, and a simplified online analysis tool are available from the SYRP Project Web site.

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
Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP) Longitudinal Follow-up Study, Central Virginia, 2013-2015

Although delinquency among adolescent girls is rising, little research exists on the long-term effects of prevention programs meant for them. This project is a long-term evaluation of a gender-specific program, the Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP), a one-on-one and group-based mentoring program, in preventing delinquency and related outcomes in girls at-risk for delinquency. The primary research questions included:
1) Is YWLP effective long-term in preventing or reducing delinquency and associated risk outcomes in at-risk adolescent girls?
2) What do mentees and mentors identify as key mentoring and relationship processes related to effective mentoring?
3) Do key mentoring and relationship processes moderate the effects of the mentoring intervention in preventing or reducing girls' delinquency and associated risk outcomes during high school?
Researchers collected five-year follow-up surveys from girls who participated in an evaluation of YWLP from 2007-2010. The sample includes two cohorts of girls (2008-09 and 2009-10) who were randomly assigned to participate in YWLP or in a control group during their seventh grade year, as well as a third cohort (2007-2008) of non-randomized program and control girls used to pilot test recruitment strategies and measures, and to boost the sample size for analyses. In the original study, girls were nominated at the end of sixth grade because of individual or demographic characteristics related to delinquency risk and were assigned to YWLP or a control group condition; they completed one pre- and two post-assessments during seventh grade. The research team followed up with the girls five years later and administered surveys focused on key academic, social, emotional, and behavioral indicators.
A secondary goal is to assess the role of mentoring processes and relationship quality in explaining girls' long-term outcomes. The research team interviewed a subset of girls and their mentors who were identified as having the highest and lowest quality mentoring relationships during the program (based on their scores on a relational quality scale from the original study). The interview data explores what girls and mentors remember about their mentoring relationships five years later, how they think the program affected them, if at all, and what aspects of the relationships they recalled as helping or hindering the relationship.
Data in this release contain two parts: DS1--survey data and DS2--interview transcripts.

Tags: adolescents, delinquent-behavior, girls, junior-high-school-students, peer-mentorship
Organization: Department of Justice
Impact of Institutional Placement on the Recidivism of Delinquent Youth in New York City, 2000-2003

The primary research goal of this study was to explore the effects of juvenile incarceration on future recidivism using social and legal history data about adjudicated juvenile delinquents in New York City. The secondary research goal of this study was to explore family court decision-making and the nature of family court processing. Study subjects were chosen by examining Family Court calendars in all five New York City boroughs for each day in April, May, and June of 2000, which identified every youth who received a disposition during this period. Research staff located case files for each subject in probation department file rooms in the five family courts, using personal and numeric identifiers taken from court calendars. Using a standardized data collection instrument that was developed by the research team, coded information was derived for 698 total cases by examining documents in each subject's probation case file. Coded data from probation case files offered a baseline portrait of this sample of delinquent youth. In order to measure recidivism, the principal investigator linked baseline records, using personal and numeric identifiers, to arrest and incarceration information provided by other city and state agencies. In this dataset, each record is essentially a snapshot of a particular youth at the time of his or her disposition. Variables about the sampled youth include: demographic profile, case processing, legal history, characteristics of present and past family environments, school performance indicators, community and peer relationships, history of alcohol and drug use, mental health history, and history of victimization.

Tags: correctional-facilities-juveniles, family-courts, imprisonment, juvenile-courts, juvenile-crime, juvenile-inmates, juvenile-offenders, juveniles, offenders, probation, probation-officers, recidivism
Organization: Department of Justice
Court Responses to Batterer Program Noncompliance in the United States, 2005-2006

The purpose of this study was to explore to what extent
criminal courts nationwide are advancing the goal of accountability by
imposing consequences on offenders who are noncompliant with a
batterer program mandate. The study also sought to understand the
goals that courts, batterer programs, and victim assistance agencies
currently ascribe to batterer programs. In March 2005, a preliminary
survey was sent to 2,445 batterer programs nationwide found through
multiple sources. Preliminary survey results were analyzed, and a
final sample of 260 communities or triads (courts, batterer programs,
and victim assistance agencies) was selected. Respondents were asked
to complete a Web-based survey in May 2006. Alternatively, respondents
could request a hard-copy version of the survey. The variables in this
study encompass community demographic information, the functions that
court mandates to batterer programs serve, and the primary focus of
the curriculum of batterer programs. Variables specific to batterer
programs capture whether the program accepts court-mandated referrals
only or volunteers as well, the length and duration of the program,
possible reasons for noncompliance, and an approximate program
completion rate. Variables related to the interaction between courts
and batterer programs capture whether the court receives progress
reports from the batterer program, and if so, when, and who receives
them.

Tags: criminal-justice-system, family-violence, recidivism, recidivists
Organization: Department of Justice
Effect of Procedural Justice in Spouse Assault in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1987-1989

The purpose of the research project was to examine the
 extent to which the perception of procedural fairness by suspects
 arrested for spouse assault effectively inhibited their subsequent
 violence. The data for this study were collected for the MILWAUKEE
 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPERIMENT, 1987-1989 (ICPSR 9966), which was
 conducted from April 1987 to August 1988. In this experiment, all
 cases of misdemeanor domestic battery where probable cause to arrest
 existed were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) warning
 with no arrest, (2) arrest with a brief detention period (average of 3
 hours), and (3) arrest with a longer detention period (average of 11
 hours). Variables include demographic and background information, as
 well as descriptive variables pertaining to the domestic violence
incident.

Tags: abuse, arrest-records, arrests, assault, deterrence, domestic-assault, domestic-violence, family-violence, imprisonment, police-response, recidivism, spouse-abuse, victims, violence, violence-against-women, womens-shelters
Organization: Department of Justice
Response to Terrorism by Local Prosecutors in 70 Large Jurisdictions in the United States, 2004

The American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI)
 conducted an exploratory study to examine how prosecutors can best
 respond to terrorism in a post-September 11 legislative environment.
 Because the passage of anti-terrorism legislation at the state level
 has the potential to have an impact on local prosecutors, who are
 responsible for enforcing state laws, the American Prosecutors
 Research Institute (APRI) designed a survey to examine local
 prosecutors' involvement in homeland security and the ways in which
 their offices' organizational structure have changed to facilitate
 their involvement. Surveys were mailed or faxed to the 112 largest
 jurisdictions in the country. The survey instrument was divided into
 the following seven sections: (1) Background Information on the
 Jurisdiction, (2) Experience With State Legislation, (3)
 Organizational Changes, (4) Challenges Facing Local Prosecutors, (5)
 Methods Used to Overcome Challenges, (6) Coordination With Other
 Agencies, and (7) Training Needs. The survey questions focused on the
 legal framework and organizational structure in which local
prosecutors operate.

Tags: anti-terrorist-laws, homeland-security, legislation, prosecuting-attorneys, terrorism, terrorist-prosecution, terrorist-threat
Organization: Department of Justice