AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
National Evaluation of Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP), 1996-2003 [United States]

The goal of this study was to conduct a national empirical assessment of post-release employment and recidivism effects based on legislative intent for inmates participating in Prison Industries Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP) as compared to participants in traditional industries (TI) and those involved in other than work (OTW) activities. The research design for this study was a quasi-experimental design using matched samples. The inmates were matched using six criteria. Exact matches were made on race, gender, crime type, and category matches on age, time served, and number of disciplinary reports. A cluster sampling strategy was used for site selection. This strategy resulted in a selection of five states which were not identified in the study. The researchers then collected data on 6,464 individuals by completing record reviews of outcomes for the 3 matched samples, each of approximately 2,200 inmates released from 46 prisons across 5 PIECP states between January 1, 1996, and June 30, 2001. Variables include demographic information, time incarcerated, number of disciplinary reports, crime type, number of major disciplinary reports reviewed, group type, number of quarters from release to employment, censored variables, number of quarters from employed to job loss, time from release variables, number of possible follow-up quarters, proportion of follow-up time worked, wage variables, number of quarters worked variables, no work ever, and cluster number of case.
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.
Dating Abuse Prevention in Teens of Moms with Domestic Violence Protection Orders, North Carolina, 2010-2011

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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).
The Role and Impact of Forensic Evidence on the Criminal Justice System, 2004-2008 [United States]

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 collection includes data gathered through three separate study designs. The first study called for tracking cases and forensic evidence through local criminal justice processes for five offenses: homicide, sexual assault, aggravated assault, robbery and burglary. Two sites, Denver, Colorado, and San Diego, California, participated in the study. Demographic data were collected on victims (Victim Data n = 7,583) and defendants (Defendant Data n = 2,318). Data on forensic evidence collected at crime scenes included DNA material (DNA Evidence Data n = 1,894), firearms evidence (Ballistics Evidence Data n = 488), latent prints (Latent Print Evidence Data n = 766), trace evidence (Other Impressions Evidence Data n = 49), and drug evidence (Drug Evidence Data n = 43). Comparisons were then made between open and closed cases from the participating sites. Two smaller studies were conducted as part of this grant. The second study was an analysis of an experiment in the Miami-Date, Florida Police Department (Miami-Data County Data n = 1,421) to determine whether clearance rates for no-suspect property crimes could be improved through faster processing of DNA evidence. The third study was a survey of 75 police departments across the nation (Crime Labs Survey Data) to obtain information on the organizational placement, staffing and responsibilities of crime lab units.
Examination of the Conditions Affecting Forensic Scientists' Workplace Productivity and Occupational Stress [United States], 2012-2013

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This study assessed the occupational experiences of forensic scientists working in laboratories across the United States. The sample included 899 forensic scientists in public and private laboratories operating at the local, state, and federal level across the United States. The study addressed the levels of work stressors and satisfaction among forensic scientists across the various disciplines, along with any correlates to working conditions, requests from various criminal justice system actors, policies, procedures, and demographic conditions. The use of positive and negative coping strategies by scientists was also measured to assess how individuals working in the field are affected by their job. Finally, the ergonomic and working environment of bench scientists were assessed to consider any influence they might have on their reported levels of stress and satisfaction.
Crime Victimization and Police Treatment of Undocumented Migrant Workers in Palisades Park, NJ, 2011-2012

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This exploratory study used the case of Palisades Park, New Jersey, to examine five problem areas: the political economy of migrant labor, prevalence and patterns of criminal victimization against undocumented migrant workers (UMWs), prevalence and patterns of violence against women among UMWs, police-migrant interactions, and criminal offending of UMWs. Data collection efforts were concentrated on the recruitment and survey of 160 male day laborers and 120 female migrant workers in face-to-face interviews. Additional data from focus group and key informant interviews were gathered to provide in-depth information on specific concerns and issues.
Estimating the Unlawful Commercial Sex Economy in the United States [Eight Cities]; 2003-2007

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This study measures the size and structure of the underground commercial sex economy in eight major US cities: San Diego, Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Washington, DC, Kansas City, Atlanta, and Miami. The goals of this study were to derive a more rigorous estimate of the underground commercial sex economy (UCSE) in eight major US cities and to provide an understanding of the structure of this underground economy.
Researchers relied on a multi-method approach using both qualitative and quantitative data to estimate the size of UCSE including:
Collecting official data on crime related to the underground weapons and drugs economies
Conducting semi-structured interviews with convicted traffickers, pimps, child pornographers, and sex workers at the federal, state, and local levels
Conducting semi-structured interviews with local and federal police investigators and prosecutors to inform our analysis of the interrelationship across different types of underground commercial sex activity.
Forensic Evidence and Criminal Justice Outcomes in Sexual Assault Cases in Massachusetts, 2008-2012

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This project had three goals. One, to provide a more detailed description of injury evidence and biological evidence in sexual assault cases, including their timing relative to arrests. A second goal was to examine the relationship of forensic evidence to arrests. A third goal was to examine injury evidence and biological evidence in certain types of cases in which it may have had greater impact. To achieve these goals, the researchers created analysis data files that merged data from the Massachusetts Provided Sexual Crime Report, forensic evidence data  from the two crime laboratories serving the state and data on arrests and criminal charges from 140 different police agencies.
Street Stops and Police Legitimacy: Accountability and Legal Socialization in Everyday Policing of Young Adults  in New York City, 2011-2013


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This study interviewed young men living in New York City about their experiences being stopped by the police on the street or in their cars. It examined how experience with the police as well as general evaluations of police policies, practices and behaviors in the respondent's neighborhood shaped views about police legitimacy, and law related behavior, such as compliance with the law and cooperation with legal authorities.
Evaluation of Services to Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking; 2011-2013

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This study was a process evaluation of three programs funded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) to identify and provide services to victims of sex and labor trafficking who are U.S citizens and lawful permanent residents (LPR) under the age of 18. The three programs evaluated in this study were: 
 The Standing Against Global Exploitation Everywhere (SAGE) Project
The Salvation Army Trafficking Outreach Program and Intervention Techniques (STOP-IT) program
 The Streetwork Project at Safe Horizon
The goals of the evaluation were to document program implementation in the three programs, identify promising practices for service delivery programs, and inform delivery of current and future efforts by the programs to serve this population. The evaluation examined young people served by the programs, their service needs and services delivered by the programs, the experiences of young people and staff with the programs, and programs' efforts to strengthen community response to trafficked youth.
Assessment of Crossover Youth in Maryland, 1989-2014


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The study was designed to begin to build a knowledge base to address the challenges of crossover youth in Maryland - those involved at some point in their lives in the dependency and delinquency systems.  Employing a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, the research focused on the five most populous jurisdictions in the state, Baltimore City, and Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Prince George's, and Baltimore Counties.


This collection includes 4 SPSS data files:

CINA BCity_Archive_final_Corrected-ICPSR.sav (n=400; 64 variables)
CY Stakeholder Survey_Archive_final_Corrected_Update2016-ICPSR.sav (n=164; 302 variables)
Delinquency_Risk_Archive_final_Corrected_Update2016-ICPSR.sav (n=1,127; 62 variables)
Needs_Archive_final-ICPSR.sav (n=700; 67 variables)



Data from interviews with 26 officials in state and local agencies to collect information on policies and practices affecting crossover youth in Maryland are not available as part of this collection.
Longitudinal Post-Coital DNA Recovery 2010-2014 [UNITED STATES]


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This study sought to apply current and advanced Y-STR DNA technology in forensic laboratories to a large in vivo population of proxy-couples, to
provide groundwork for future inquiry about the conditions affecting DNA recovery in the living
patient, to determine timing for evidence collection, and to attempt to identify variables
influencing DNA recovery.  The objective of this research was to create the evidence base supporting or limiting the expansion of the 72-hour period
for evidence collection. Another objective was to identify conditions that might influence the
recovery of DNA, and therefore influence policies related to sample collection from the complex
post-coital environment.


The collection includes 6 SPSS data files:

AlleleRecovery Jun 2014 Allrec.sav (n=70; 34 variables)
AlleleRecovery Jun 2014 Used for descriptve analysis.sav (n=66; 58 variables)
Condom_collections-baseline-d9-Jun2014 Allrec without open-ended-ICPSR.sav (n=70; 66 variables)
DNADemogFemalesJun2014- without open-ended AllRec-ICPSR.sav (n=73; 67 variables)
DNADemogFemalesJun2014- without open-ended -For analysis with group variables-ICPSR.sav (n=66; 73 variables)
DNADemogMalesJun2014- without open-ended AllRec-ICPSR.sav (n=73; 46 variables)

and 1 SAS data file (dnalong.sas7bdat (n=264; 7 variables)).


Data from a focus group of subject matter experts which convened to identify themes from their practice are not included with this collection.
Building Healthy Relationships: An Evaluation of the Fourth R Curriculum with Middle School Students in Bronx, NY (2010-2012)

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This study seeks to test the Fourth R curriculum, a curriculum that seeks to build relationship knowledge and skills, with a younger, urban population of middle school students in the Bronx, New York. Utilizing a randomized controlled trial design, this study tests the effectiveness of the Fourth R curriculum with seventh-grade students drawn from ten public middle schools in the Bronx, New York. A secondary quasi-experimental study seeks to examine diffusion of program impacts by comparing outcomes between students assigned to the experimental control sample and students in three comparison schools where no one received the Fourth R.
The study seeks to measure program impact on five primary and three secondary domains. Primary program impact domains include: 
Dating violence (victimization and perpetration) 
Sexual harassment/assault (victimization and perpetration)
Peer violence/bullying (victimization and perpetration)
Sexual activity
Drug and alcohol use
Secondary outcomes, which are targeted by the Fourth R curriculum, but are not the core program focus, include:
Perceived school safety
Positive beliefs (e.g., anti-fighting/violence, rejection of gender stereotypes)
Pro-social behaviors
This study achieved their goals through student surveys, administrator and teacher interviews, and student focus groups.
Blind Collaborative Justice Survey, 2014 [UNITED STATES]


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This study conducted an experimental investigation of two potential contributors to invalid testimony within adversarial litigation involving forensic evidence. First, the experts' knowledge of their party representation (i.e., prosecution vs. defense counsel), and secondly the lack of input from the relevant scientific community. The study used an experimental survey design with a realistic criminal case to examine the effects of blinding experts to their party representation and consensus feedback from a panel of experts to quantify and reduce testimonial bias.
Serial Sexual Assaults: A Longitudinal Examination of Offending Patterns Using DNA Evidence, Detroit, Michigan, 2009

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Serial sexual assault is a pervasive problem: court record recidivism rates show that 10-15% of convicted sex offenders re-assault within five years and self-report studies suggest that 63-78% of males who have committed sexual assaults have raped more than one individual. The current study documents the scope of repeat sexual offending through a previously-unexplored method of documenting serial perpetration: DNA evidence in sexual assault kits (SAKs). Ultimately, the testing of N = 7,287 previously untested SAKs revealed n = 1,270 unique and identifiable perpetrators. When combined with information from lifetime criminal history records, 39.7% (n = 504) of this subsample of unique and identifiable perpetrators were found to be serial sexual offenders who committed, on average, 3.27 sexual assaults. 
This collection contains 10 SPSS files:

ESCALATIONdata_2018-05-15.sav (1142 cases, 6 variables)
Forensic_Outcomes_2018-04-03.sav (7287 cases, 7 variables)
PERPdata_2018-04-03.sav (1424 cases, 12 variables)
SAKdata_2018-04-03.sav (1675 cases, 6 variables)
SAK_PERP_2018-04-03.sav (1691 cases, 12 variables)
SSA_ARR_Arrests_Imputed_2018-09-03.sav (9826 cases, 24 variables)
SSA_CHG_PA_Charges_Imputed_2018-09-03.sav (6052 cases, 24 variables)
SSA_IDN_Offenders_2018-09-03.sav (1142 cases, 17 variables)
SSA_INC_Incidents_Imputed_2018-09-03.sav (9550 cases, 16 variables)
SSA_JUD_Judicial_Charges_Imputed_2018-09-03.sav (12522 cases, 30 variables)

This collection includes demographic variables on offenders, including sex, race, age, and arrest region.
The Palm Beach County School Safety and Student Performance Partnership Research Project, Palm Beach, Florida, 2014-2018

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This study evaluated a school-based, wraparound intervention for police- and court-involved youth in four high schools in Florida's School District of Palm Beach County.
The intervention involved a collaboration between the schools, school police, the juvenile court, and several service providers.
The collection contains 1 Stata data file (Data.dta (n=863; 118 variables)) and 1 Stata program file (Syntax.do).