AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Effects of a Middle School Social-Emotional Learning Program on Bullying, Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Substance Use in High School, Illinois, 2010-2016

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 was to leverage an existing randomized controlled trial of The Second Step anti-bullying program, which was implemented when the sample of students was in middle school, by measuring related aggressive behaviors (e.g. bullying, cyberbullying, sexual violence) during the high school years. The objectives of this study were to determine treatment effects of the Second Step middle school program on reductions in youth aggression (including bullying), sexual violence, substance use, and teen dating violence when in high school, as well as to assess middle school belonging as a mediator of these treatment effects on targeted problem behaviors in high school.
Demographic variables included as part of this collection are students' age, gender, race, and household characteristics. The collection contains 3 SPSS data files:

analysis4_de-identified_2.sav (n=2143; 304 variables)
RCT-WAVE-1-4-ITEMS_RECODED_de-identified_2.sav (n=4718; 741 variables)
RCT---WAVE-5-7-ITEMS_RECODED_de-identified_2.sav (n=3064; 887 variables)
Religion and Violence by Race and Ethnicity, United States Counties, 2006-2014

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
To focus on the socio-cultural (including religious) contextual features that impact violent offending, victimization, and lethal self-harm, the researchers compiled county-level data on suicides, homicides, robbery, assault, religious adherence and demographic characteristics. The collection includes a data file with 62 variables and 3,140 cases in both SPSS and Stata formats. The file Religion_and_Violence_by_Race_Ethnicity__US_Counties__2010.sav is the SPSS version and Religion_and_Violence_by_Race_Ethnicity__US_Counties__2010.dta is the Stata version.
Crime Factors and Neighborhood Decline in Chicago, 1979  

This study explores the relationship between crime and
neighborhood deterioration in eight neighborhoods in Chicago. The
neighborhoods were selected on the basis of slowly or rapidly
appreciating real estate values, stable or changing racial
composition, and high or low crime rates. These data provide the
results of a telephone survey administered to approximately 400 heads
of households in each study neighborhood, a total of 3,310 completed
interviews. The survey was designed to measure victimization
experience, fear and perceptions of crime, protective measures taken,
attitudes toward neighborhood quality and resources, attitudes toward
the neighborhood as an investment, and density of community
involvement. Each record includes appearance ratings for the block of
the respondent's residence and aggregate figures on personal and
property victimization for that city block. The aggregate appearance
ratings were compiled from windshield surveys taken by trained
personnel of the National Opinion Research Center. The criminal
victimization figures came from Chicago City Police files.
Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) Series

The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) is a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development. It was designed to advance the understanding of the developmental pathways of both positive and negative human social behaviors. In particular, the project examined the causes and pathways of juvenile delinquency, adult crime, substance abuse, and violence. At the same time, the project also provided a detailed look at the environments in which these social behaviors take place by collecting substantial amounts of data about urban Chicago, including its people, institutions, and resources.
PHDCN was directed from the Harvard School of Public Health, and funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the National Institute of Justice, the National Institute of Mental Health, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Administration for Children, Youth and Families.
The project design consisted of two major components. The first was an intensive study of Chicago's neighborhoods, particularly the social, economic, organizational, political, and cultural structures and the dynamic changes that take place in the structures over time. The second component was a series of coordinated longitudinal studies that followed over 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults over time to examine the changing circumstances of their lives, as well as the personal characteristics, that might lead them toward or away from a variety of antisocial behaviors.
For more information about the PHDCN series, please visit NACJD's PHDCN Resource Guide.
Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS) Series


The Toledo
Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS) Series explores the relationship
qualities and the subjective meanings that motivate adolescent
behavior.  More specifically, this series seeks to examine the nature
and meaning of adolescent relationship experiences (e.g. with family,
peers, and dating partners) in an effort to discover how experiences
associated with age, gender, race, and ethnicity influence the meaning
of dating relationships.  The series further investigates the relative
impact of dating partners and peers on sexual behavior and
contraceptive practices, as well as involvement in other problem
behaviors that can contribute independently to sexual risk-taking.
The longitudinal design of the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS) includes a schedule of follow-up interviews occurring one, three, and five years after the initial interview. Four prior waves of data have been collected (2001, 2002, 2004, and 2006). Data were collected from adolescent respondents through structured in-home interviews utilizing laptop computers. In addition, the fifth wave, conducted in 2011 when the participants were young adults, builds on prior waves by adding quantitative and qualitative assessments of intimate partner violence (IPV).
Wave 1 and Wave 2 are available through DSDR and can be applied for together. Wave 5 is available through NACJD and must be applied for separately. Please see the study homepages for more details on applying for restricted-use data access.
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) Series

The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) is an ongoing nationally representative survey that assessed experiences of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence among adult women and men in the United States and for each individual state. The survey focused exclusively on violence and collected information about:

Sexual violence by any perpetrator, including information related to rape, being made to penetrate someone else, sexual coercion, unwanted sexual contact, and non-contact unwanted sexual experiences
Stalking, including the use of newer technologies such as text messages, emails, monitoring devices (e.g., cameras and GPS, or global positioning system devices), by perpetrators known and unknown to the victim
Physical violence by an intimate partner
Psychological aggression by an intimate partner, including information on expressive forms of aggression and coercive control
Control of reproductive or sexual health by an intimate partner
The NISVS project and data collection was overseen by the Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC). The overall cost of the NISVS project was shared between the CDC, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).
ICPSR has multiple versions of NISVS data that you can access by clicking on the links provided below.
MDRC Series

MDRC is committed to finding solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing the nation — from reducing poverty and bolstering economic self-sufficiency to improving public education and college graduation rates. We design promising new interventions, evaluate existing programs using the highest research standards, and provide technical assistance to build better programs and deliver effective interventions at scale. We work as an intermediary, bringing together public and private funders to test new policy-relevant ideas, and communicate what we learn to policymakers and practitioners — all with the goal of improving the lives of low-income individuals, families, and children.
Included in this series are datasets from MDRC studies spanning multiple areas of policy work, including low-wage workers, criminal justice, families and children, postsecondary education, and K-12 education.  These datasets stem from a range of projects, including analyses of academic programs for middle school students, parole-based interventions, and welfare-to-work strategies. Select a dataset below to learn more.
Controlling Victimization in Schools:  Effective Discipline and Control Strategies in a County in Ohio, 1994

The purpose of this study was to gather evidence on the
relationship between discipline and the control of victimization in
schools and to investigate the effectiveness of humanistic versus
coercive disciplinary measures. Survey data were obtained from students, teachers,
and principals in each of the 44 junior and senior high schools in a
county in Ohio that agreed to participate in the study. The data
represent roughly a six-month time frame. Students in grades 7 through
12 were anonymously surveyed in February 1994. The Student Survey (Part 1)
was randomly distributed to approximately half of the students in all
classrooms in each school. The other half of the students received a
different survey that focused on drug use among students (not
available with this collection). The teacher (Part 2) and principal
(Part 3) surveys were completed at the same time as the student
survey. The principal survey included both closed-ended and open-ended
questions, while all questions on the student and teacher surveys were
closed-ended, with a finite set of answers from which to choose. The
three questionnaires were designed to gather respondent demographics,
perceptions about school discipline and control, information about
weapons and gangs in the school, and perceptions about school crime,
including personal victimization and responses to victimization. All
three surveys asked whether the school had a student court and, if so,
what sanctions could be imposed by the student court for various forms
of student misconduct. The student survey and teacher surveys also
asked about the availability at school of various controlled
drugs. The student survey elicited information about the student's
fear of crime in the school and on the way to and from school,
avoidance behaviors, and possession of weapons for protection. Data
were also obtained from the principals on each school's
suspension/expulsion rate, the number and type of security guards
and/or devices used within the school, and other school safety
measures. In addition to the surveys, census data were acquired for a
one-quarter-mile radius around each participating school's campus,
providing population demographics, educational attainment, employment
status, marital status, income levels, and area housing
information. Also, arrest statistics for six separate crimes (personal
crime, property crime, simple assault, disorderly conduct,
drug/alcohol offenses, and weapons offenses) for the reporting
district in which each school was located were obtained from local police
departments. Finally, the quality of the immediate neighborhood was
assessed by means of a "windshield" survey in which the researchers
conducted a visual inventory of various neighborhood characteristics:
type and quality of housing in the area, types of businesses, presence
of graffiti and gang graffiti, number of abandoned cars, and the
number and perceived age of pedestrians and people loitering in the
area. These contextual data are also contained in Part 3.
Criminal Behavior of Gangs in Aurora and Denver, Colorado, and Broward County, Florida:  1993-1994

This study was undertaken to measure the criminal behavior
 of gangs, including their involvement in delinquent behavior such as
 drug use and drug trafficking activities, and to compare gang behavior
 with that of youth who were at risk, but who had not yet become active
 in gangs. The project assessed the role that gangs play in the lives
 of youth whose living conditions are otherwise comparable. In order to
 study the criminal behavior of gangs, investigators sought to
 interview 50 gang members and 50 non-gang, at-risk youth at two sites
 in Colorado and one site in Florida. A large portion of the interview
 questions asked in both the gang member interview and the at-risk
 youth interview were parallel. The following variables appear in both
 the gang member and at-risk youth files (Parts 1 and 2 respectively)
 created for this data collection: gang popularity variables
 (respondents' perceptions of the positive and negative attributes of a
 gang, and why gangs endure over time), drug involvement variables
 (whether respondents or fellow members/friends sold various types of
 drugs, why selling drugs increases a person's "juice", the drug source
 organization, and where they traveled to get the drugs), criminal
 history variables (the reasons why respondents believed they were able
 to get away with crimes, their first arrest age, and their most
 serious arrest charge), personal activity variables (whether
 respondents or fellow members/friends participated in dances, sporting
 events, fighting, drug use or selling, shoplifting, assaulting people,
 or burglarizing homes), variables concerning the future (whether
 respondents would join a gang again/join a gang today, why some gangs
 survive and others don't, and how respondents see their future), and
 demographic variables (respondents' age, sex, race, city,
 neighborhood, school, school status, type of work, marital status, and
 relationship with parent(s)). In addition, Part 1, the Gang Member
 Data, contains gang status variables (gang symbols, gang nickname,
 gang turf, and how members define a gang) and gang membership
 variables (roles of the respondents within the gang, why members join
 a gang, what the most important gang rule is, and what happens to
 those who refuse the gang). Part 2, At-Risk Youth Data, contains
 additional variables on gang contact (the names of gangs who had
 approached the respondents, methods used to try to get the youths to
 join, how the youths refused the gang, and what happened as a result
 of refusing) and prevention (how at-risk youth would advise a young
 person to react if approached by a gang, and what the youths felt was
the best way to prepare children to deal with gangs).
Controlling Fraud in Small Business Health Benefits Programs in the United States, 1990-1996  

The focus of this project was insider fraud -- crimes
 committed by the owners and operators of insurance companies that were
 established for the purposes of defrauding businesses and
 employees. The quantitative data for this collection were taken from a
 database maintained by the National Association of Insurance
 Commissioners (NAIC), an organization that represents state insurance
 departments collectively and acts as a clearinghouse for information
 obtained from individual departments. Created in 1988, the Regulatory
 Information Retrieval System (RIRS) database contains information on
 actions taken by state insurance departments against individuals and
 firms, including cease and desist orders, license revocations, fines,
 and penalties imposed. Data available for this project include a total
 of 123 actions taken against firms labeled as Multiple Employer
 Welfare Arrangements or Multiple Employer Trusts (MEWA/MET) in the
 RIRS database. Variables available in this data collection include the
 date action was taken, state where action was taken, dollar amount of
the penalty imposed in the action, and disposition for action taken.
Police Corruption in Thirty Agencies in the United States, 1997  

This study examined police officers' perceptions of and
 tolerance for corruption. In contrast to the popular viewpoint that
 police corruption is a result of moral defects in the individual
 police officer, this study investigated corruption from an
 organizational viewpoint. The approach examined the ways rules are
 communicated to officers, how rules are enforced by supervisors,
 including sanctions for violation of ethical guidelines, the unspoken
 code against reporting the misconduct of a fellow officer, and the
 influence of public expectations about police behavior. For the
 survey, a questionnaire describing 11 hypothetical scenarios of police
 misconduct was administered to 30 police agencies in the United
 States. Specifically, officers were asked to compare the violations in
 terms of seriousness and to assess the level of sanctions each
 violation of policies and procedures both should and would likely
 receive. For each instance of misconduct, officers were asked about
 the extent to which they supported agency discipline for it and their
 willingness to report it. Scenarios included issues such as off-duty
 private business, free meals, bribes for speeding, free gifts,
 stealing, drinking on duty, and use of excessive force. Additional
 information was collected about the officers' personal
 characteristics, such as length of time in the police force (in
 general and at their agency), the size of the agency, and the level of
rank the officer held.
Developing a Juvenile Risk Assessment Instrument for Iowa State Evaluation Capacity Building, 1994-1995

This study was undertaken to address Iowa's inability to
classify juveniles at risk of recidivism uniformly across the state by
creating and testing a proposed risk assessment instrument. It was
anticipated that the risk assessment instrument would be useful in not
only providing the juvenile court officers with a tool to
appropriately assess the risk of recidivism, but also in providing
"common ground" to treatment staff and other relevant officials to
determine whether certain interventions worked better with certain
levels of risk than others, and whether limited resources were being
appropriately utilized in providing appropriate interventions to
juveniles with specific risk scores. To develop the Proposed Iowa
Juvenile Court Intake Risk Assessment, a team of juvenile court
representatives from all eight judicial districts in Iowa, consisting
of juvenile court officers, intake officers, and supervisors, designed
a risk assessment test instrument to assess a group of juveniles at
intake during a one-month period between October and November
1994. The follow-up data collection was conducted by chief juvenile
court officers eight months after the original data collection. The
purpose of the follow-up was to gather data regarding
reoffending. Risk assessment variables include types and number of
current offenses, prior arrests and adjudication, histories of
supervision and service, substance use and abuse, runaway occurrences,
peer relationships, gang affiliation, attitude during intake
interview, level of parental control, schooling status (dropped out,
graduated, truant), type of current school, discipline problems,
suspensions at school, current employment, history of family problems,
and reoffending. Demographic variables include offender's sex and
race.
Pretrial Release Practices in the United States, 1976-1978

Funded by the National Institute of Justice, this data collection
represents Phase II of a larger project to evaluate pretrial release
practices. The
study focuses on four major topics: (1) release--rates and types of
releases, defendant or case characteristics and their impact on the
release decision, (2) court appearance --extent to which released
defendants appear in court, factors associated with defendants'
failure to appear in court, (3) pretrial criminality--number of
rearrests during the pretrial period and the factors predicting
rearrest, charges and rates of conviction for crimes committed during
the pretrial period, and (4) impact of pretrial release programs--effect of
programs on release decisions and on the behavior of defendants. The study
is limited to adult defendants processed through state and local trial
courts, and to pretrial release rather than pretrial intervention or
diversion programs. Part 1 is an analysis of release practices and
outcomes in eight jurisdictions (Baltimore City and Baltimore County,
Maryland, Washington, DC, Dade County, Florida, Jefferson County,
Kentucky, Pima County, Arizona, Santa Cruz County, California, and
Santa Clara County, California). The pretrial release "delivery
systems," that is, the major steps and individuals and organizations
in the pretrial release process, were analyzed in each jurisdiction.
Additionally, a sample of defendants from each site was studied from
point of arrest to final case disposition and sentencing. Part 2 of
this study examines the impact of the existence of pretrial release
programs on release, court appearance, and pretrial release outcomes.
An experimental design was used to compare a group of
defendants who participated in a pretrial release program with a
control group who did not. Experiments were conducted in Pima County
(Tucson), Arizona, Baltimore City, Maryland, Lincoln, Nebraska, and
Jefferson County (Beaumont-Port Arthur), Texas. In Tucson, separate
experiments were conducted for felony and misdemeanor cases.
Deterrent Effects of Arrests and Imprisonment in the United States, 1960-1977

Emerging from the tradition of econometric models of
deterrence and crime, this study attempts to improve estimates of how
crime rates are affected by the apprehension and punishment of persons
charged with criminal activity. These data are contained in two files:
Part 1, State Data, consists of a panel of observations from each of
the 50 states and contains information on
crime rates, clearance rates, length of time served, probability of
imprisonment, socioeconomic factors such as unemployment rates,
population levels, and income levels, and state and local expenditures
for police protection. Part 2, SMSA Data, consists of a panel of 77
SMSAs and contains information on crime rates, clearance rates, length
of time served, probability of imprisonment, socioeconomic factors
such as employment rates, population levels, and income levels, and
taxation and expenditure information.
Civil Litigation in the United States, 1977-1979

The Civil Litigation Research Project, based at the 
 University of Wisconsin Law School, was organized in 1979 to develop a 
 large database on dispute processing and litigation and to collect 
 information on the costs of civil litigation. Data were gathered on 
 topics such as negotiation proceedings, relationship between lawyer and 
client, and organizations' influence on the outcome of a dispute.