AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of the Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) Community Supervision Strategy, 2007-2009

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) community supervision strategy for substance-abusing probationers. The study involved the administration of key stakeholder surveys as part of a process evaluation of the HOPE program and the comparison of HOPE probationers with control-group probationers on two primary outcome measures: no-shows for probation appointments and positive urine tests for illicit-substance use. For Part 1 and Part 2, data were collected from administrative data sources. Missed Appointments Data (Part 1) were collected from 2007 to 2009 on a total of 1,174 probationers including 1,078 HOPE probationers, 78 comparison probationers, and 18 probationers for which study group information was not available. Specifically, for Part 1, the research team compiled data on the proportion of missed appointments in the three-month period before the study start date (baseline), in the three-month period following baseline, and in the six-month period following baseline. Drug Test Results Data (Part 2) were collected from 2007 to 2009 on the same 1,174 probationers. Specifically, for Part 2, the research team compiled data on the proportion of positive urine tests in the three-month period before the study start date (baseline), in the three-month period following baseline, and in the six-month period following baseline. Stakeholder survey data were collected from September 2008 through March 2009 on 50 Integrated Community Sanctions or "Specialized Unit" probationers (Part 3), 28 probationers in treatment (Part 4), 16 probationers in jail (Part 5), 20 probation officers in the Integrated Community Sanctions Unit (Part 6), 11 public defenders (Part 7), 12 prosecutors (Part 8), 7 judges (Part 9), and 11 court staff (Part 10). Part 1 contains a total of eight variables including group (high intensity or control), demographics, and mean missed appointments scores for three periods. Part 2 contains a total of eight variables including group (high intensity or control), demographics, and mean positive urine tests for illicit-substance use scores for three periods. The Integrated Community Sanctions Probationers Survey Data (Part 3), the Probationers in Treatment Survey Data (Part 4), and the Probationers in Jail Survey Data (Part 5) each  include variables about the respondent's general perceptions and opinions of the HOPE program. Part 3 contains 24 variables, Part 4 contains 30 variables, and Part 5 contains 30 variables. The Probation Officers Survey Data (Part 6), Public Defenders Survey Data (Part 7), Prosecutors Survey Data (Part 8), Judges Survey Data (Part 9), and Court Staff Survey Data (Part 10) include variables about workload issues and the respondent's general perceptions and opinions of the HOPE program. Part 6 contains 65 variables, Part 7 contains 45 variables, Part 8 contains 55 variables, Part 9 contains 36 variables, and Part 10 contains 36 variables.
Elder Abuse in the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)

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 examines the prevalence and correlates of psychological abuse and physical abuse against women and men aged 70 or older. Self-report data from 2,185 respondents in the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) were used to create weighted estimates for past-year experiences of abuse. Correlates were then examined using survey logistic regression models.
Development of Crime Forecasting and Mapping Systems for Use by Police in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York, 1990-2001

This study was designed to develop crime forecasting as an
application area for police in support of tactical deployment of
resources. Data on crime offense reports and computer aided dispatch
(CAD) drug calls and shots fired calls were collected from the
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bureau of Police for the years 1990 through
2001. Data on crime offense reports were collected from the Rochester,
New York Police Department from January 1991 through December 2001.
The Rochester CAD drug calls and shots fired calls were collected from
January 1993 through May 2001. A total of 1,643,828 records (769,293
crime offense and 874,535 CAD) were collected from Pittsburgh, while
538,893 records (530,050 crime offense and 8,843 CAD) were collected
from Rochester. ArcView 3.3 and GDT Dynamap 2000 Street centerline
maps were used to address match the data, with some of the Pittsburgh
data being cleaned to fix obvious errors and increase address match
percentages. A SAS program was used to eliminate duplicate CAD calls
based on time and location of the calls. For the 1990 through 1999
Pittsburgh crime offense data, the address match rate was 91 percent.
The match rate for the 2000 through 2001 Pittsburgh crime offense data
was 72 percent. The Pittsburgh CAD data address match rate for 1990
through 1999 was 85 percent, while for 2000 through 2001 the match
rate was 100 percent because the new CAD system supplied incident
coordinates. The address match rates for the Rochester crime offenses
data was 96 percent, and 95 percent for the CAD data. Spatial overlay
in ArcView was used to add geographic area identifiers for each data
point: precinct, car beat, car beat plus, and 1990 Census tract. The
crimes included for both Pittsburgh and Rochester were aggravated
assault, arson, burglary, criminal mischief, misconduct, family
violence, gambling, larceny, liquor law violations, motor vehicle
theft, murder/manslaughter, prostitution, public drunkenness, rape,
robbery, simple assaults, trespassing, vandalism, weapons, CAD drugs,
and CAD shots fired.
Exploratory Spatial Data Approach to Identify the Context of Unemployment-Crime Linkages in Virginia, 1995-2000

This research is an exploration of a spatial approach to
identify the contexts of unemployment-crime relationships at the
county level. Using Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA)
techniques, the study explored the relationship between unemployment
and property crimes (burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and
robbery) in Virginia from 1995 to 2000. Unemployment rates were
obtained from the Department of Labor, while crime rates were obtained
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reports.
Demographic variables are included, and a resource deprivation scale
was created by combining measures of logged median family income,
percentage of families living below the poverty line, and percentage
of African American residents.
Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS): Wave 5, 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.
This study explores the relationship qualities and the subjective meanings that motivate adolescent behavior. More specifically, this study 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 study 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).
Re-examination of the Criminal Deterrent Effects of Capital Punishment in the United States, 1978-1998

The purpose of this study was to estimate the deterrent
 effect of capital punishment by employing a methodology that accounted
 for model uncertainty by integrating various studies into a single
 coherent analysis. First, this study replicated the results from two
 previous studies, Dezhbakhsh, Rubin and Shepherd (2003) and Donohue
 and Wolfers (2005), that draw on the same data. Second, the
 researchers implemented model averaging methods using standard
 frequentist estimators to take a weighted average of the findings
 across all possible models that could explain the effect of the
 difference in crime rates under alternate laws. Each model's effect
 was weighted based on its ability to explain the data. Variables used
 in this study included deterrence variables as well as various
demographic and economic control variables.
New Approach to Evaluating Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) Data Imputation, 1990-1995

The purpose of the project was to learn more about patterns
 of homicide in the United States by strengthening the ability to make
 imputations for Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) data with missing
 values. Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) and local police data
 from Chicago, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, Philadelphia,
 Pennsylvania, and Phoenix, Arizona, for 1990 to 1995 were merged to
 create a master file by linking on overlapping information on victim
 and incident characteristics. Through this process, 96 percent of the
 cases in the SHR were matched with cases in the police files. The data
 contain variables for three types of cases: complete in SHR, missing
 offender and incident information in SHR but known in police report,
 and missing offender and incident information in both. The merged file
 allows estimation of similarities and differences between the cases
 with known offender characteristics in the SHR and those in the other
 two categories. The accuracy of existing data imputation methods can
 be assessed by comparing imputed values in an "incomplete" dataset
 (the SHR), generated by the three imputation strategies discussed in
 the literature, with the actual values in a known "complete" dataset
 (combined SHR and police data). Variables from both the Supplemental
 Homicide Reports and the additional police report offense data include
 incident date, victim characteristics, offender characteristics,
 incident details, geographic information, as well as variables
regarding the matching procedure.
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.
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): General Population Survey Raw Data, 2010


The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) is an ongoing nationally representative survey that assesses 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 collects 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 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



In addition to collecting lifetime and 12 month prevalence data on sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence, the survey collects information on the age at the time of the first victimization, demographic characteristics of respondents, demographic characteristics of perpetrators (age, sex, race/ethnicity) and detailed information about the context in which these types of violence occur.


The primary objectives of the survey are to describe the prevalence and characteristics of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence in the United States; who is most likely to experience these forms of violence; the context in which sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence are experienced; and the consequences and impacts of these forms of violence.


The data file contains 18,957 cases and 26,114 variables.
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.
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.
Evaluation of Drug Treatment Programs at the State Correctional Institution in Chester, Pennsylvania, 2003-2004

The purpose of this project was to evaluate the alcohol and
other drug (AOD) treatment programs at a specialized treatment prison,
the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Chester, Pennsylvania. The
Chester prison is a 1,215-bed medium security prison for male inmates
with a documented history of substance abuse. Programs included an
intensive, 12-month therapeutic community (TC) drug treatment for
high-need inmates and a 12-month outpatient (OP) program for inmates
requiring less intensive treatment. Inmates who met eligibility
criteria for the Chester facility were randomly assigned to the TC (n
= 347) or OP (n = 384) program. The researchers utilized individual
measures and outcome measures in this study.
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.
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.