Michigan Study of Life After Prison, Administrative Data on 2003 Cohort of Michigan Parolees

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 files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
The Michigan Study of Life After Prison examined the association between neighborhood context and outcomes related to employment and recidivism among the cohort of former prisoners released on parole from Michigan state prisons in one calendar year (2003), controlling for pre-incarceration neighborhood context, local labor market conditions, and a large set of individual characteristics. The primary goals of this study were to answer two questions: (1) "Are ex-offenders who are released to more disadvantaged neighborhoods (those with greater poverty, unemployment, residential turnover, etc.) more likely to recidivate?" (2) "Are ex-offenders who are released to more disadvantaged neighborhoods less likely to gain stable employment?" This research sought to supplement available literature on prisoner reentry and criminal desistance, which the researchers posit existing literature has largely ignored the role that neighborhoods play in shaping the recidivism and employment of returning prisoners.
The 31 data files included as part of this collection are as follows:
Cleaned Data Files:

casenotearrestsreps1-4_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 4,932 Cases, 12 Variables
casenotearrestsreps5-8_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 5,302 Cases, 13 Variables
casenotearrestsrep9_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 2,321 Cases, 13 Variables
casenoteemploymentreps1-4_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 4,871 Cases, 28 Variables
casenoteemploymentreps5-8_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 4,754 Cases, 23 Variables
casenoteemploymentrep9_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 2,610 Cases, 23 Variables
cleanedcasenoteaddressesreps1-8_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 50,207 Cases, 72 Variables
cleanedcasenoteaddressesrep9_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 10,309 Cases, 69 Variables
preprisonaddress_all_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 5,183 Cases, 30 Variables
preprisonaddress_all_rep9_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 1,017 Cases, 63 Variables
postprisads_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 11,064 Cases, 41 Variables
cleaned-demographics-population_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 11,064 Cases, 57 Variables
simplecrimhistory.dta: 11,064 Cases, 4 Variables
popSAhistory.dta: 11,064 Cases, 8 Variables
deathdates_ICPSR-EDITED.dta: 308 Cases, 3 Variables
popprisonenterdates.dta: 11,064 Cases, 7 Variables
discharge dates.dta: 7,369 Cases, 5 Variables
parole and release dates for pop.dta: 11,064 cases, 3 Variables
mdoc_recidivism_measures.dta: 11,064 Cases, 6 Variables
recidivism dates from transits.dta: 11,064 Cases, 8 Variables
recidivism from bir.dta: 11,064 Cases, 3 Variables
sample marker.dta: 3,689 Cases, 2 Variables
samplereps.dta: 3,689 Cases, 2 Variables
tta_rsid_rep.dta: 1,363 Cases, 2 Variables
Contextual Data Files:

Complete.data.file.dta: 2,757 Cases, 1,055 Variables
countyemployment.dta: 10,956 Cases, 6 Variables
places.dta: 5,004 Cases, 5 Variables
TractDataInterpolated-long.dta: 57,036 Cases, 50 Variables
TractDataInterpolated-wide.dta: 2,716 Cases, 1,009 Variables
tractscales2000.dta: 2,716 Cases, 49 Variables
urbanicity + density.dta: 2,716 Cases, 9 Variables
Demographic variables included: gender, race, educational attainment, age, employment, and marital status.