AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Use of Computerized Crime Mapping by Law Enforcement in the United States, 1997-1998

As a first step in understanding law enforcement agencies'
 use and knowledge of crime mapping, the Crime Mapping Research Center
 (CMRC) of the National Institute of Justice conducted a nationwide
 survey to determine which agencies were using geographic information
 systems (GIS), how they were using them, and, among agencies that were
 not using GIS, the reasons for that choice. Data were gathered using a
 survey instrument developed by National Institute of Justice staff,
 reviewed by practitioners and researchers with crime mapping
 knowledge, and approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The
 survey was mailed in March 1997 to a sample of law enforcement
 agencies in the United States. Surveys were accepted until May 1,
 1998. Questions asked of all respondents included type of agency,
 population of community, number of personnel, types of crimes for
 which the agency kept incident-based records, types of crime analyses
 conducted, and whether the agency performed computerized crime
 mapping. Those agencies that reported using computerized crime mapping
 were asked which staff conducted the mapping, types of training their
 staff received in mapping, types of software and computers used,
 whether the agency used a global positioning system, types of data
 geocoded and mapped, types of spatial analyses performed and how
 often, use of hot spot analyses, how mapping results were used, how
 maps were maintained, whether the department kept an archive of
 geocoded data, what external data sources were used, whether the
 agency collaborated with other departments, what types of Department
 of Justice training would benefit the agency, what problems the agency
 had encountered in implementing mapping, and which external sources
 had funded crime mapping at the agency. Departments that reported no
 use of computerized crime mapping were asked why that was the case,
 whether they used electronic crime data, what types of software they
 used, and what types of Department of Justice training would benefit
their agencies.

Tags: crime-mapping, geographic-information-systems, information-use, law-enforcement-agencies
Organization: Department of Justice
Questioning Bias: Validating a Bias Crime Assessment Tool in California and New Jersey, 2016-2017

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 investigates experiences surrounding hate and bias crimes and incidents and reasons and factors affecting reporting and under-reporting among youth and adults in LGBT, immigrant, Hispanic, Black, and Muslim communities in New Jersey and Los Angeles County, California.
The collection includes 1 SPSS data file (QB_FinalDataset-Revised.sav (n=1,326; 513 variables)). The collection also contains 24 qualitative data files of transcripts from focus groups and interviews with key informants, which are not included in this release.

Tags: crime-reporting, hate-crimes, minorities
Organization: Department of Justice
Evaluation of the Implementation of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS), United States, 1978-2017

The purpose of the project was to (1) determine whether the combined dynamic (SOTIPS) and static risk assessment (Static-99R) tools better predicted sexual recidivism than either alone, and (2) determine whether the tools could be implemented successfully in more representative populations. Previous research has established a "status quo" for risk assessments.
This study was set within the context of the developing sexual offender risk prediction field, where investigators explored reliable and valid means to assess what have been termed "dynamic risk factors."  Instruments that identify the specific psychological risk factors present in the individual offender ought to allow treatment for that individual to be tailored to these specific needs, thus increasing its effectiveness. Thus, instruments have been designed to: 

 Assess psychological factors that are empirically related to sexual recidivism, thus creating a basis for selecting treatment targets 
 Show robust incremental predictive validity relative to Static-99R or other measures of static risk factors 
 Measure change in a way that is convincingly related to sexual recidivism 
 Incorporate and point risk managers towards some of the factors identified in the desistance literature 
 Improve the effectiveness of treatment in reducing sexual recidivism 

 Enrollment of sex offenders in the evaluation study began in April 2013. To be included, offenders needed to be Static-99R eligible (an adult male convicted of a contact or non-contact sex offense with an identifiable victim), mentally cognizant, released to community supervision, and at least 18 years old in January 2013 in Maricopa County and April 2013 in New York City. 

Tags: psychological-evaluation, recidivism, recidivism-prediction, recidivism-rates, risk-factors, sex-offender-profiles, sex-offenders, sex-offenses, treatment-outcome
Organization: Department of Justice
Early Intervention by Counsel: A Multi-Site Evaluation of the Presence of Counsel at Defendants' First Appearance (CAFA) in Court, 6 New York State counties, 2012-2016

This study sought to assess the impact of local programs that ensure
that legal counsel is provided at first appearance (usually arraignment) in
court on court decisions (such as bail or pretrial release, and consequences
such as pretrial detention and booking at a local detention facility), as well
as on subsequent consequences for charge reduction, disposition, and
sentencing.  The project collected original data from six upstate New York counties (under pseudonyms). The data were collected from indigent defense programs' case files, supplemented by data from county detention facilities on booking and
release.
Demographic variables in this collection include defendant age, race, gender, and residency.

Tags: bail, defense-counsel, pretrial-procedures, public-defenders, trial-procedures
Organization: Department of Justice
Evaluation of Florida's Avon Park Youth Academy and STREET Smart Program, 2002-2008

The Evaluation of Florida's Avon Park Youth Academy and STREET Smart Program, 2002-2008 contains data gathered on youth involved in programs which aim to increase educational outcomes, increase labor force participation, and reduce recidivism.
Avon Park Youth Academy (APYA) is a secure custody residential facility that provides specialized, remedial education and intensive vocational training to moderate risk youth committed to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). The STREET Smart program (SS) was the reentry component of the program, which provided community support and educational and vocational services to APYA participants on a voluntary basis after their release to the community. In the last several years, APYA/SS has received national and international recognition as a "Promising Program" for juvenile offenders. Both the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) determined that a rigorous evaluation was required to assess whether APYA/SS could progress from a "Promising Program" to an "Evidence-based Practice."
To conduct this evaluation, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) designed and conducted a field trial that randomly assigned youth committed to DJJ to the APYA/SS program or a control group. This experimental design permitted a rigorous test of the hypothesis that compared to the control group, APYA/SS participants would demonstrate more positive educational achievement, increased labor force participation, and reduced recidivism outcomes after community release. 
The 360 youth assigned to the experimental control group stayed at APYA for an average of 9.7 months from 2002-2005. Of these, 301 youth completed participation in the SS program by March 2006. The youth were observed for a three-year period after their community release dates. This included an interview following release from incarceration to collect data on educational achievements, employment, and justice system program experiences. All subjects had reached the 36-month follow-up threshold as of May 2008.

Tags: educational-environment, educational-needs, juvenile-detention, juvenile-inmates, juvenile-justice, juvenile-offenders, juvenile-recidivists, juveniles, recidivism, remedial-education, vocational-education, youths
Organization: Department of Justice
Examining Prison Stays in Michigan, 1985-2008

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 research sought to analyze the length of time served by state prisoners in Michigan from 1985 to 2008. It was conducted to address research that showed Michigan had the longest prison stays in the United States of America, the substantial impact that time served had upon state prison populations, and to assess the effect of parole and sentencing policy on time-served. The research utilized National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) data available through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) in order to build upon past-research and contribute to the understanding of state-specific patterns and trends across offenses and racial groups.
In order to address policy effects upon time served, the purpose of this study was to contextualize patterns of time served across 20 years within the parole and sentencing policy changes in Michigan; the impact of reforms in 1999 were of particular focus.There are no data files available with this study. Only syntax files used by the researcher(s) are provided.

Tags: correctional-facilities, correctional-system, federal-correctional-facilities, jail-inmates, national-crime-statistics-usa, offenses, parole, prison-inmates, racial-discrimination, sentencing, sentencing-reforms, state-correctional-facilities
Organization: Department of Justice
Reducing Gang Violence: A Randomized Trial of Functional Family Therapy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2013-2016

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
The purpose of this study was to produce knowledge about how to prevent at-risk youth from joining gangs and reduce delinquency among active gang members. The study evaluated a modification of Functional Family Therapy, a model program from the Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development initiative, to assess its effectiveness for reducing gang membership and delinquency in a gang-involved population.
The collection contains 5 SPSS data files and 4 SPSS syntax files:

adolpre_archive.sav (129 cases, 190 variables),
adolpost_archive.sav (119 cases, 301 variables),
Fidelity.archive.sav (66 cases, 25 variables),
parentpre_archive.sav (129 cases, 157 variables), and
parentpost_archive.sav {116 cases, 220 variables).


Tags: community-service-programs, drug-use, family-services, gang-members, gangs, juvenile-crime, juvenile-gangs, juveniles, youths, youths-at-risk
Organization: Department of Justice
Prostitution, Human Trafficking, and Victim Identification: Establishing an Evidence-Based Foundation for a Specialized Criminal Justice Response, New York City, 2015-2016

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
This study examined life histories and experiences of individuals involved in the sex trade in New York City.
Also interviewed were twenty-eight criminal justice policymakers, practitioners, and community representatives affiliated with New York City's Human Trafficking Intervention Courts (HTICs).
The collection contains 1 SPSS data file (Final-Quantitative-Data-resubmission.sav (n=304; 218 variables)).
Demographic variables include gender, age, race, ethnicity, education level, citizenship status, current housing, family size, sexual orientation, and respondent's place of birth.

Tags: demographic-characteristics, drug-use, gender, housing, immigrants, living-arrangements, offenders, organized-crime, police-harassment, police-misconduct, prostitution, sex-offenses, sex-trafficking, sexual-exploitation, victim-identification
Organization: Department of Justice
Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking and Sexual Violence Among Non-College-Attending Emerging Adults, United States, 2010

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
This study sought to:
Identify the
prevalence of intimate partner violence, stalking and sexual violence among
non-college-attending emerging adults. Explore the use of formal and informal help seeking and formal services among these victims.
The analysis in this study focused on non-college-attending emerging adults, with particular concern for the effect of their positive and negative encounters with sources of support - both in their immediate needs as well as future decisions to utilize victim services. This project also compared male and female victims because of variations in their respective use of services.  To address these research concerns, this project utilizes the data in the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (ICPSR #36140).
There are no data files available with this study. Only syntax files used by the researchers are provided.

Tags: demographic-characteristics, domestic-violence, intimate-partner-violence, medical-history, sexual-assault, stalking, victimization, violence-against-women
Organization: Department of Justice
Labor Trafficking in North Carolina: A Statewide Survey Using Multistage Sampling, 2014-2016

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
The study contains data from face-to-face interviews of 404 migrant farmworkers in North Carolina.  The data was collected to produce reliable estimates of the prevalence of labor trafficking victimization among farmworkers in North Carolina.  Additional objectives included improving the ability to identify potential trafficking cases as well as investigating the types of victimization migrant workers experienced. 
This study includes one SPSS data file: LaborTraffickingNC_PUF.sav (140 variables, 404 cases). The study also includes three syntax files:

Tables-1-6-code.sps
Table-7-code.docx
variable-creation.sps


Tags: exploitation, farm-workers, migrant-workers
Organization: Department of Justice
Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases, [United States], 2002-2010

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
This study directly examined the nature and characteristics of cases prosecuted in the federal courts by analyzing prosecutorial decisions to proceed with charges (or not) once an arrest is initiated, and to investigate any adjustment from the arresting offense to the charging offense. These decisions were analyzed to document their correlates and identify variation across case type.
The collection contains 1 SPSS data file (2002-10-Arrest-cases--FINAL-ANALYSIS.sav (n=794,807; 43 variables)) and 1 SPSS syntax file.

Tags: criminal-courts, criminal-justice-system, federal-courts, offenses, prosecution
Organization: Department of Justice
Safe Schools Research Initiative, Texas, 2015-2017

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 examine any major changes in schools in the past two years as an evaluation of the Safe and Civil Schools Initiative. Students, faculty, and administrators were asked questions on topics including school safety, climate, and the discipline process.This collection includes 6 SAS data files: "psja_schools.sas7bdat" with 66 variables and 15 cases, "psja_schools_v01.sas7bdat" with 104 variables and 15  cases, "psja_staff.sas7bdat" with 39 variables and 2,921 cases, "psja_staff_v01.sas7bdat" with 202 variables and 2,398 cases, "psja_students.sas7bdat"
with 97 variables and 4,382 cases, and "psja_students_v01.sas7bdat" with 332 variables and 4,267 cases.
Additionally, the collection includes 1 SAS formats catalog "formats.sas7bcat", and 10 SAS syntax files.

Tags: academic-achievement, administration, bullying, school-attendance, school-safety-and-security, students, teachers, victimization
Organization: Department of Justice
Environmental Scan of Family Justice Centers in the United States, 2016-2017

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 in needed.
 This study conducts an environmental scan of current Family Justice Centers (FJCs) across the United States as part of a multi-phase effort to develop a formal evaluation plan to measure the effectiveness of FJCs and similar multi-agency co-located collaboratives.
The collection contains 1 SAS data file (fjc_analysis_nacjd_20180226.sas7bdat (n=52; 813 variables)) and 1 syntax file.

Tags: domestic-violence, evaluation, family-justice-center, family-violence, victim-safety, victim-services, victims
Organization: Department of Justice
Florida State University and Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Research Partnership Project, 2002-2017


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.

A researcher-practitioner partnership was established between the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ). The purpose of this partnership was to collaborate on three timely and policy relevant research projects--(1) juvenile civil citation (JCC), (2) juvenile visitation (JV), and (3) juvenile school-based arrests (JSBA).


This collection includes 9 Stata data files: "JV-Full-Data-Set" with 78 vars, 1,202 cases, "JCC-County-Data" with 18 vars, 938 cases, "JCC-Individual-Data" with 22 vars, 110,088 cases, "JCC-Individual-Data-with-Risk-Factors" with 35 vars, 51,263 cases, "JCC-Trend-Data" with 6 vars, 11,725 cases, "JSBA-Descriptives-Data" with 14 vars, 94,708 cases, "JSBA-Dropout-Data" with 4 vars, 94,708 cases, "JSBA-Recidivism-Data" with 51 vars, 30,723 cases,
"JSBA-School-level-Data" with 45 vars, 893 cases, and 9 Stata syntax files
"JV-Full-Data-Set-Syntax.do", "JCC-County-Data.do", "JCC-Individual-Data.do",
"JCC-Individual-Data-with-Risk-Factors.do", "JCC-Trend-Data.do", "JSBA-Descriptives-Code.do", "JSBA-Dropout-Code.do", "JSBA-Recidivism-Code.do", and
"JSBA-School-level-Code".


Tags: arrest-records, correctional-facilities-juveniles, correctional-system, criminal-histories, family-relationships, felony-offenses, juvenile-crime, juvenile-recidivists, mental-health, misdemeanor-offenses, offenses
Organization: Department of Justice
Effects of Defense Counsel on Homicide Case Outcomes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995-2004  [United States]

This study measured the difference that defense counsel made to the outcome of homicide and death penalty cases. One in five indigent murder defendants in Philadelphia were randomly assigned representation by the Defender Association of Philadelphia while the remainder received court-appointed private attorneys. This study's research design utilized this random assignment to measure how defense counsel affected murder case outcomes.   The research team collected data on 3,157 defendants charged with murder in Philadelphia Municipal Court between 1995-2004, using records provided by the Philadelphia Courts (First Judicial District of Pennsylvania). Data were also obtained from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System web portal, the National Corrections Reporting Program, and the 2000 Census. This study contains a total of 47 variables including public defender representation, defendant demographics, ZIP code characteristics, prior criminal history, case characteristics, case outcomes, and case handling procedures.

Tags: attorneys, capital-punishment, convictions-law, court-cases, court-system, courts, criminal-courts, criminal-justice-system, criminal-law, defendants, defense-counsel, homicide, legal-representation, legal-systems, murder, offenders, outcome-evaluation
Organization: Department of Justice