AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Intra- and Intergenerational Aspects of Serious Domestic Violence and Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Buffalo, 1987

These data examine the interrelationships among alcohol use,
drug use, criminal violence, and domestic violence in a parolee
population. More specifically, the data explore the contributions of
parental substance abuse and domestic violence in prediction of parolee
violence. The study also investigates the effects of drug and alcohol
use on domestic violence for the parolee, the spouse, and the parents.
The data were drawn from individual interviews conducted with parolees
from the Buffalo, New York, area, half of whom were convicted of
violent crimes and half of whom were convicted of nonviolent crimes.
Interviews were also conducted with the spouses and partners of the
parolees. In addition, data concerning the parolees' criminal histories
were abstracted from arrest and parole records. Part 1, Demographic
File 1, provides information on the demographic characteristics of
offenders, arrests, convictions, and sentencing, institutional
transfers, disciplinary reports, indications of psychiatric diagnosis
or psychological disturbances, alcohol and drug use, criminal activity,
and substance abuse while incarcerated. Part 2, Demographic File 2,
includes the same variables as Part 1 (with the exception of
information about psychiatric diagnoses, psychological disturbances,
and disciplinary reports) for those individuals who declined to be
interviewed and a random sample of those who could not be contacted.
Part 3, the Interview File, contains information about childhood social
histories (including sociodemographics, experience of family violence
as a victim and as a witness, and parental drug and alcohol use),
self-reported criminal histories, adult social histories (including
data concerning violence in current relationships, and drug and alcohol
use history), and information about the parolees' and spouses'
discipline styles. The researchers discarded data on female parolees
for the purposes of their analysis.

Tags: alcohol-abuse, criminal-histories, criminality-prediction, domestic-violence, drug-abuse, family-violence, parental-influence, parolees, substance-abuse
Organization: Department of Justice
Impact of the Court Process on Sexually Abused Children in North Carolina, 1983-1986

This data collection examines the psychological impact of 
 judicial processes on child sexual abuse victims. More specifically, it 
 provides information on how sexual abuse and the subsequent judicial 
 processes affect the mental health functioning of child victims by 
 assessing the impact of (1) additional harm to victims from out-of-home 
 placement, (2) criminal prosecution of the offender/family member, (3) 
 subject testimony in juvenile or criminal court, and (4) family and 
 professional support for the children. Children were enrolled in the 
 study at the time that social services personnel substantiated claims 
 of sexual abuse, and they were followed for a period of 18 months. 
 Assessments of the mental health functioning of the children were made 
 at the time of initial investigation, five months later, and 18 months 
 later, using a combination of self-reports, parent and teacher reports, 
 and psychological tests. After obtaining informed consent from the 
 parent or guardian, each child was interviewed using a structured 
 psychiatric inventory. The specific impacts of the various judicial 
 processes or interventions under study were examined through 
 comparisons of subgroups of the sample that did and did not experience 
 particular interventions. The interventions included social services 
 investigation, court process, foster placement, and psychological 
 therapy. Other information in the file includes the type of sexual 
 abuse experienced, judicial interventions the child experienced, and 
 the child's level of depression, anxiety, and social adjustment. 
Demographic variables include age, sex, and race.

Tags: child-abuse, children, criminal-justice-system, intervention, judicial-process, mental-health, psychological-evaluation, sexual-abuse, victims
Organization: Department of Justice
Criminal Careers of Juveniles in New York City, 1977-1983

This longitudinal study of juvenile offenders traces the
 criminal histories of a sample of juveniles, including those who were
 "dropouts" (juvenile offenders who did not go on to become adult
 criminal offenders) and those who continued to be arrested, ranging
 from those with only one subsequent arrest to "persisters"
 (juveniles who did become career criminal offenders). The data are
 intended to address the following questions: (1) Are serious juvenile
 offenders more likely than nonserious juvenile offenders to become
 adult offenders? (2) Are offenders who begin at a younger age more
 likely to have more serious criminal careers than those who begin when
 they are older? (3) As a criminal career progresses, will the offender
 become more skilled at one type of offense and commit that type of
 crime more frequently, while decreasing the frequency of other types
 of crimes? (4) As a criminal career continues, will the offender
 commit progressively more serious offenses? (5) How well can it be
 predicted who will become a high-rate offender? Part 1 of this study,
 Juvenile Case File, contains data on a subsample of 14- and
 15-year-olds who were brought to Probation Intake in the New York City
 Family Court for delinquency offenses. Included are variables for the
 date and type of arrest, disposition and sentence of the offender, and
 sex and race of the offender, as well as questions concerning the
 offender's home environment and highest school grade completed. Part
 2, Arrest and Incarceration Event File, includes information on prior
 delinquency arrests, including the date of arrest, the charge and
 severity, and the disposition and sentence, as well as similar
 information on subsequent offenses that occurred up to six years after
 the original delinquency offense. Included for each incarceration is
 the status of the offender (juvenile or adult), the date of admission
to a facility, and the length of time incarcerated.

Tags: career-criminals, criminal-histories, criminality-prediction, delinquent-behavior, ex-offenders, juvenile-offenders, juvenile-recidivists, recidivism-prediction
Organization: Department of Justice
Indirect Impacts of Community Policing, Jersey City, NJ, 1997-1999

This study attempted to measure spatial displacement or diffusion of crime to areas near the targeted sites of police intervention. Data were drawn from a controlled study of displacement and diffusion in Jersey City, New Jersey. Two sites with substantial street-level crime and disorder were targeted and carefully monitored during an experimental period. Two neighboring areas were selected as "catchment areas" from which to assess immediate spatial displacement or diffusion. Intensive police interventions were applied to each target site but not to the catchment areas. More than 6,000 20-minute social observations were conducted in the target and catchment areas. Physical observations of the areas were conducted before, during, and after the interventions as well. These data were supplemented by interviews with local residents and ethnographic field observations.

Tags: crime-patterns, crime-prevention, drug-related-crimes, police-intervention, prostitution, violent-crime
Organization: Department of Justice
Long-Term Effects of Law Enforcement's Post-9/11 Focus on Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, 2007-2010, United States

This study examines the state of counterterrorism and homeland security in five large urban law enforcement agencies (the Boston Police Department, the Houston Police Department, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and the Miami-Dade Police Department) nine years following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It explores the long-term adjustments that these agencies made to accommodate this new role. 
Researchers from the RAND Corporation, in consultation with National Institute of Justice project staff, selected law enforcement agencies of major urban areas with a high risk of terrorist attacks from different regions of the United States that have varied experiences with counterterrorism and homeland security issues. The research team conducted on-site, in-depth interviews with personnel involved in developing or implementing counterterrorism or homeland security functions within their respective agency. The research team used a standardized interview protocol to address such issues as security operations, regional role, organizational structures, challenges associated with the focus on counterterrorism and homeland security issues, information sharing, training, equipment, and grant funding. 

Tags: counterterrorism, emergency-preparedness, funding, law-enforcement-agencies, national-security, police-departments, police-training, trends
Organization: Department of Justice
Cross-National Comparison of Interagency Coordination Between Law Enforcement and Public Health

This project examined strategies for interagency coordination in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Ireland. The project's primary goal was to produce promising practices that will help law enforcement and public health agencies improve interagency coordination related to terrorist threats, as well as other public health emergencies. Phase I of this study used the Surveillance System Inventory (SSI). The SSI is a database that documents and describes public health and public safety surveillance systems in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Ireland. The purpose of the SSI was to summarize the status of coordination between law enforcement and public health agencies across these systems, as well as to highlight potentially useful systems for coordination and dual-use integration.

Tags: bioterrorism, emergency-preparedness, law-enforcement, public-health, public-safety, terrorism, terrorist-threat
Organization: Department of Justice
Lifecourse Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking among Filipina, Indian, and Pakistani Women: Implications for Justice System Responses 2007-2009 (San Francisco, California)

The goal of this research project was to enhance the understanding of Asian battered women's experiences in seeking help from the criminal justice system (CJS) and other (non-CJS) programs and develop recommendations for system responses to intimate partner violence (IPV) in Asian communities. The project focused on selected Asian ethnic groups -- Filipina, Indian and Pakistani and addressed the following research questions:

When do Asian battered women experience various types of IPV over their life course?
When do Asian battered women come into contact with CJS and non-CJS agencies?
What kinds of responses do Asian battered women receive from CJS and non-CJS agencies?
What responses do Asian battered women perceive as helpful?
What are the barriers to contacting CJS agencies?
What suggestions do Asian battered women have for improving CJS responses to IPV in Asian communities?


Tags: abuse, criminal-justice-system, intimate-partner-violence, minorities, race-relations, violence-against-women
Organization: Department of Justice
Adolescent Sexual Assault Victims' Experiences with SANE-SARTs and the Criminal Justice System, 1998-2007

The study examined adolescent sexual assault survivors' help-seeking experiences with the legal and medical systems in two Midwestern communities that have different models of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)/Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) interventions. 
In Dataset 1 (Qualitative Victim Interviews), investigators conducted qualitative interviews with N=20 adolescent sexual assault victims 14-17 years old. From these interviews, investigators identified three distinct patterns of survivors' post-assault disclosures and their pathways to seeking help from SANE programs and the criminal justice system: voluntary (survivors' contact with the legal and medical system was by their choice), involuntary (system contact was not by choice), and situational (circumstances of the assault itself prompted involuntary disclosure). Interviews included responses that described the assault, their experience with both the SANE/SART programs and the criminal justice system, and victim and offender demographic information. 
In Dataset 2 (SANE Programs Quantitative Data), investigators obtained SANE program records, police and prosecutor records, and crime lab findings for a sample of N=395 (ages 13-17) adolescent sexual assault victims who sought services from the local SANE programs in two different counties. The data collected examined victim's progress through the criminal justice system. Factors that could potentially affect case progression were also examined; age of victim, relationship to offender, assault characteristics, number of assaults on victim, and evidence collected. Differences between the two different counties' programs were also examined for their effect on the case progression.


Tags: adolescents, case-processing, program-evaluation, programs, rape, sexual-assault
Organization: Department of Justice
Developing Uniform Performance Measures for Policing in the United States: A Pilot Project in Four Agencies, 2008-2009

Between 2008 and 2009, the research team gathered survey data from 458 members of the community (Part 1), 312 police officers (Part 2), and 804 individuals who had voluntary contact (Part 3), and 761 individuals who had involuntary contact (Part 4) with police departments in Dallas, Texas, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Kettering, Ohio, and the Broward County, Florida Sheriff's Office. The surveys were designed to look at nine dimensions of police performance: delivering quality services; fear, safety, and order; ethics and values; legitimacy and customer satisfaction; organizational competence and commitment to high standards; reducing crime and victimization; resource use; responding to offenders; and use of authority.
The community surveys included questions about police effectiveness, police professionalism, neighborhood problems, and victimization.
The officer surveys had three parts: job satisfaction items, procedural knowledge items, and questions about the culture of integrity. The voluntary police contact and involuntary police contact surveys included questions on satisfaction with the way the police officer or deputy sheriff handled the encounter.

Tags: decision-making, employment-practices, law-enforcement, law-enforcement-agencies, performance, police, police-citizen-interactions, police-community-relations, police-performance, professionalism
Organization: Department of Justice
Crime Incident Data for Selected HOPE VI Sites in  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2002-2010, and Washington, DC, 2000-2009

The purpose of this project was to conduct an evaluation of the impact on crime of the closing, renovation, and subsequent reopening of selected public housing developments under the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE VI) initiative. The study examined crime displacement and potential diffusion of benefits in and around five public housing developments that, since 2000, had been redeveloped using funds from HUD's HOPE VI initiative and other sources. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, three sites were selected for inclusion in the study. However, due to substantial overlap between the various target sites and displacement zones, the research team ultimately decided to aggregate the three sites into a single target area. A comparison area was then chosen based on recommendations from the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM). In Washington, DC, two HOPE VI sites were selected for inclusion in the study. Based on recommendations from the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA), the research team selected a comparison site for each of the two target areas. Displacement areas were then drawn as concentric rings ("buffers") around the target areas in both Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Washington, DC. Address-level incident data were collected for the city of Milwaukee from the Milwaukee Police Department for the period January 2002 through February 2010. Incident data included all "Group A" offenses as classified under National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The research team classified the offenses into personal and property offenses. The offenses were aggregated into monthly counts, yielding 98 months of data (Part 1: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Data). Address-level data were also collected for Washington, DC from the Metropolitan Police Department for the time period January 2000 through September 2009. Incident data included all Part I offenses as classified under the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) system. The data were classified by researchers into personal and property offenses and aggregated by month, yielding 117 months of data (Part 2: Washington, DC Data). Part 1 contains 15 variables, while Part 2 contains a total of 27 variables. Both datasets include variables on the number of personal offenses reported per month, the number of property offenses reported per month, and the total number of incidents reported per month for each target site, buffer zone area (1000 feet or 2000 feet), and comparison site. Month and year indicators are also included in each dataset.

Tags: community-development, crime, crime-patterns, crime-rates, crime-statistics, federal-housing-programs, low-income-housing, public-housing, urban-development
Organization: Department of Justice
Problem Solving Approaches to Issues of Inmate Reentry in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2000-2003

This study involved an evaluation of the reentry component of the Indianapolis Violence Reduction Partnership (IVRP). The IVRP included a problem solving approach to the issue of inmate reentry. On the basis of a problem analysis, the IVRP officials decided to implement a pilot project that involved having recently released inmates attend a neighborhood-based group meeting convened by criminal justice officials and including community representatives and service providers. The meetings were based on the notion of combining deterrence and social support (linkage to services). The pilot project was evaluated using a quasi-experimental design. The treatment group consisted of 82 former inmates who attended one of five meetings. The comparison group consisted of 103 former inmates released at the same time period as the treatment group but in a different neighborhood. Reentry lever-pulling meeting participants and comparison group members were tracked for a period of up to 24 months to determine whether they had been re-arrested during the study period.

Tags: arrest-records, arrests, conviction-records, convictions-law, criminal-justice-programs, felony-offenses, inmate-programs, inmate-release-plans, inmates, misdemeanor-offenses, parole, parole-services, parole-violation, parolees, postrelease-programs, pr
Organization: Department of Justice
Custody Evaluations When There Are Allegations of Domestic Violence: Practices, Beliefs and Recommendations of Professional Evaluators in New York City, 1997-2009

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the beliefs and investigative practices of psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers who had been appointed by a court to evaluate families in disputed custody cases when there were allegations of domestic violence. The research team conducted a Case Review study (Part 1) and administered an Evaluator Survey to corresponding case evaluators (Part 2) between August 2007 and December 2009. The case review study was implemented through four private non-profit legal services agencies in New York City that provide free legal representation to domestic violence victims in civil proceedings including custody and visitation litigation. A total of 69 cases involving custody or visitation issues that were litigated and resolved between 1997 and 2007 were identified for inclusion in the study. The case review study involved the development of a Coding Scale for Custody Evaluations with Domestic Violence (DV) Allegations in order to rate the characteristics of the custody evaluations and the court outcomes. Raters coded each of the 69 cases in the case review sample with the Evaluation Coding Scale. The research team administered the Evaluator Survey (Part 2) to 14 custody evaluators who had completed evaluation reports for the cases in the Part 1 case review study.

Tags: abuse, child-custody, child-custody-hearings, courts, divorce, domestic-assault, domestic-violence, evaluation, family-courts, family-relationships, family-violence, intimate-partner-violence, legal-aid, parents, psychological-evaluation, social-services
Organization: Department of Justice
Evaluation of the Healthy Families New York Home Visiting Program, Age Seven Follow Up, 2007-2009

Healthy Families New York (HFNY), which was based on the Healthy Families America (HFA) model, was established as a strengths-based, intensive home visitation program with the explicit goals of promoting positive parenting skills and parent-child interaction; preventing child abuse and neglect; supporting optimal prenatal care, and child health and development; and improving parent's self-sufficiency.In 2000, a randomized controlled trial was initiated at three sites with the HFNY home visiting program. Families eligible for HFNY at each site were randomly assigned to either an intervention group that was offered HFNY services or to a control group that was given information on and referral to appropriate services other than home visiting. Baseline interviews were conducted with 1,173 of the eligible women (intervention, n=579; control, n=594), and follow up interviews at Years 1, 2, and 3. In addition to data gathered during the follow up interviews, information regarding study participants' involvement in reports of child maltreatment was also extracted and coded from Child Protection Services records.For the current study, mothers in both the intervention and control groups were re-interviewed at the time of the target child's seventh birthday. Interviews (Dataset 1: Mother Interview Data, n=942) included information about parenting, the child, earnings, and household composition. Interviewers also completed face-to-face assessments (Dataset 2: Target Child Interview Data) with 800 of the children who were born and reached the age of 7 at the time of interview. The target child interviews assessed children's receptive vocabulary skills, emotional health, self-regulatory abilities, and problem behaviors. The research team also extracted or obtained administrative data pertaining to Child Protective Service reports, foster care placements, federal and state supported benefits, and programs services and costs (Datasets 3-8).

Tags: behavior-problems, child-abuse, child-development, child-rearing, child-welfare, delinquent-behavior, intervention, outreach-programs, parent-child-relationship, parental-attitudes, parenting-skills, school-age-children, service-providers, social-services
Organization: Department of Justice