AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of the Lexington County, South Carolina, Domestic Violence Court, 1997-2002

A separate Criminal Domestic Violence Court (CDVC) was
established in Lexington County, South Carolina, in November 1999, to
hold perpetrators of domestic violence accountable through increasing
fines and jail time and to place a strong emphasis on mandatory
batterer treatment programs. The CDVC was a specialized court that
combined the efforts of law enforcement, judges, prosecutors, mental
health professionals, and victim advocates to improve the safety of
domestic violence victims and hold offenders accountable. The
researchers undertook to evaluate and measure the extent to which the
CDVC was successful in implementing its goals. For the process
evaluation, interviews were conducted in 2002 with 50 victims and 50
defendants to examine their overall level of satisfaction with the
court process, their perceptions of procedural justice, and their
recommendations for improving the CDVC process. Interviews were
conducted in person using structured questions immediately after a
case was heard. The outcome evaluation consisted of two methods of
data collection. A time series intervention analysis examined the
monthly frequency of criminal domestic violence for the years 1997
through 2001. Criminal domestic violence cases were compared for the
34 months before the establishment of the CDVC (January 1997 to
October 1999) and the first 26 months following its implementation
(November 1999 to December 2001). Additionally, in an effort to
examine the impact of the Lexington County Criminal Domestic Violence
Court on individual case outcomes, a recidivism analysis was conducted
on a random sample of 400 criminal domestic violence cases. Of these
cases, 200 were control cases drawn from the Lexington County
Sheriff's Department's arrest database for the period January 1997 to
June 1999, and 200 were treatment cases comprised of domestic violence
arrest cases that occurred between December 1999 and December 2000 and
processed through CDVC. Variables in Part 1 (Victim Interview Data)
and Part 2 (Defendant Interview Data) included responses to structured
interview questions about the victims' and offenders' perceptions of
various aspects of the court process, whether they felt treated with
dignity and respect, and their overall impression of the CDVC response
to domestic violence. Variables in Part 3 (Monthly Arrest Data)
include court period, month, and frequency of monthly domestic
violence arrests, monthly simple assault arrests, and monthly
aggravated assault arrests. Variables in Part 4 (Recidivism Data)
include race, age, and gender of offender, employment status, booking
date, days in jail prior to trial, number of charges pending, number
of prior domestic violence offenses, date of first re-arrest,
recidivism within first year and a half, days free of arrest, if
defendant was diverted to pretrial intervention, and the amount of the
fine.
Evaluation of the Midtown Community Court in New York City, 1992-1994

In October 1993, the Midtown Community Court opened as a
three-year demonstration project designed to forge links with the
community in developing a problem-solving approach to quality-of-life
offenses. The problems that this community-based courthouse sought to
address were specific to the court's midtown New York City location:
high concentration of quality-of-life crimes, broad community
dissatisfaction with court outcomes, visible signs of disorder, and
clusters of persistent high-rate offenders with serious problems,
including addiction and homelessness. This study was conducted to
evaluate how well the new court was able to dispense justice locally
and whether the establishment of the Midtown Community Court made a
difference in misdemeanor case processing. Data were collected at two
time periods for a comparative analysis. First, a baseline dataset
(Part 1, Baseline Data) was constructed from administrative records,
consisting of a ten-percent random sample of all nonfelony
arraignments in Manhattan during the 12 months prior to the opening of
the Midtown Community Court. Second, comparable administrative data
(Part 2, Comparison Data) were collected from all cases arraigned at
the Midtown Court during its first 12 months of operation, as well as
from a random sample of all downtown nonfelony arraignments held
during this same time period. Both files contain variables on precinct
of arrest, arraignment type, charges, bonds, dispositions, sentences,
total number of court appearances, and total number of warrants
issued, as well as prior felony and misdemeanor
convictions. Demographic variables include age, sex, and race of
offender.
Evaluation of the Reasoning and Rehabilitation Cognitive Skills Development Program Implemented in Juvenile Intensive Supervision Probation in Colorado, 1994-1995

This study was a program evaluation of the Reasoning and
 Rehabilitation Cognitive Skills Development Program, an educational
 program that taught cognitive skills to offenders, as implemented in
 juvenile intensive supervision probation in Colorado. Using an
 experimental design, researchers sought to measure the extent of
 change in attitudes and behaviors due to the cognitive skills program
 by administering pre- and post-test interviews. Researchers also
 measured recidivism by conducting interviews with probation officers
 who supervised the offenders in the sample six months after
 termination from intensive supervision. These interviews were
 supplemented with administrative records data that provided background
 information about the sample. In addition, administrative data were
 collected on all juveniles sentenced to intensive supervision during
 fiscal years 1994 and 1995 to compare juveniles in the sample with all
 juveniles in the intensive program. Variables in this collection
 include cognitive measures, such as impulsivity, problem-solving
 ability, egocentricity, and cognitive style. Other variables measure
 emotional responses to various situations, attitudes toward the law,
 values, drug abuse, program participation, and
 recidivism. Administrative data include age, gender, ethnicity,
offense of conviction, and basic assessment data.
School Culture, Climate, and Violence: Safety in Middle Schools of the Philadelphia Public School System, 1990-1994

This study was designed to explore school culture and
climate and their effects on school disorder, violence, and academic
performance on two levels. At the macro level of analysis, this
research examined the influences of sociocultural, crime, and school
characteristics on aggregate-level school violence and academic
performance measures. Here the focus was on understanding community,
family, and crime compositional effects on disruption and violence in
Philadelphia schools. This level included Census data and crime rates
for the Census tracts where the schools were located (local data), as
well as for the community of residence of the students (imported data)
for all 255 schools within the Philadelphia School District. The
second level of analysis, the intermediate level, included all of the
variables measured at the macro level, and added school organizational
structure and school climate, measured with survey data, as mediating
variables. Part 1, Macro-Level Data, contains arrest and offense data
and Census characteristics, such as race, poverty level, and household
income, for the Census tracts where each of the 255 Philadelphia
schools is located and for the Census tracts where the students who
attend those schools reside. In addition, this file contains school
characteristics, such as number and race of students and teachers,
student attendance, average exam scores, and number of suspensions for
various reasons. For Part 2, Principal Interview Data, principals from
all 42 middle schools in Philadelphia were interviewed on the number
of buildings and classrooms in their school, square footage and
special features of the school, and security measures. For Part 3,
teachers were administered the Effective School Battery survey and
asked about their job satisfaction, training opportunities,
relationships with principals and parents, participation in school
activities, safety measures, and fear of crime at school. In Part 4,
students were administered the Effective School Battery survey and
asked about their attachment to school, extracurricular activities,
attitudes toward teachers and school, academic achievement, and fear
of crime at school. Part 5, Student Victimization Data, asked the same
students from Part 4 about their victimization experiences, the
availability of drugs, and discipline measures at school. It also
provides self-reports of theft, assault, drug use, gang membership,
and weapon possession at school.
Evaluation of Day Fines in Maricopa County, Arizona, 1991-1993

This study sought to evaluate how well day fines work as an
 intermediate sanction. Day fines are a structured approach to imposing
 fines that considers both the offender's ability to pay and the
 severity of the offense. The program involves two steps: (1) a
 determination of the number of fine units for an offense, based on the
 severity of the offense, and (2) a valuation of fine units, based on
 the offender's net daily income, hence the name "day fines". While
 four jurisdictions participated in the day fines evaluation, only the
 site in Maricopa County, Arizona, was structured in such a way to
 allow for a quasi-experimental research design. Therefore, this
 collection only contains data from the Financial Assessment Related to
 Employability (FARE) day fines program in Maricopa County. The FARE
 program was started in 1991 and targeted felony offenders with little
 need for supervision or treatment -- in other words, the low risk-low
 need defendant. The intent of the program was to draw clients from the
 population of offenders who would traditionally receive routine
 probation, thus serving as an intermediate sanction between routine
 and summary probation. The major research strategy was to consider the
 FARE-sentenced offenders as the experimental group and to construct a
 similar comparison group out of the offenders sentenced by non-day
 fines judges. The design involved three major steps: (1)
 identification of 1991 and 1992 defendants who received a FARE
 sentence, (2) screening of sentenced defendants in non-FARE courts
 using FARE eligibility criteria to match the FARE participants, and
 (3) coding background and 12-month follow-up information for both FARE
 and comparison group offenders from probation and clerk files to
 record background information, monetary payments, and any technical
 violations and arrests occurring during the 12-month follow-up
 period. Variables in Part 1, Fines Paid Data, include the total amount
 of the fine and how much of the fine was applied to probation fees,
 reimbursement, restitution, and victim compensation. Part 2, Official
 Records Data, contains background information such as arrest history,
 marital status, education, drug use, and drug treatment. Additional
 information includes current arrest, recommended sentence,
 disposition, sentence imposed, employment and income, and risk/needs
 assessment. Six- and 12-month reviews collected data on supervisory
 status, technical violations, new arrests, payment enforcement, and
payment term revisions.
Impact of Foreclosures on Neighborhood Crime in Five Cities in the United States, 2002-2011

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.The purpose of the study was to examine whether and how foreclosures affect neighborhood crime in five cities in the United States. Point-specific crime data was provide by the New York (New York) Police Department, the Chicago (Illinois) Police Department, the Miami (Florida) Police Department, the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Police Department, and the Atlanta (Georgia) Police Department.
Researchers also created measures of violent and property crimes based on Uniform Crime Report (UCR) categories, and a measure of public order crime, which includes less serious offenses including loitering, prostitution, drug crimes, graffiti, and weapons offenses. Researchers obtained data on the number of foreclosure notices (Lis Pendens) filed, the number of Lis Pendens filed that do not become real estate owned (REO), and number of REO properties from court fillings, mortgage deeds and tax assessor's offices.
Preventing Revictimization in Teen Dating Relationships, 2010-2013, Denver, Colorado


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 addressed the urgent need to target interventions to high risk groups, such as teen girls who have come to the attention of the child welfare system; rigorously test interventions grounded in empirical research on revictimization; and examine processes implied by revictimization theories. In particular, adolescent girls recruited from the child welfare system were randomized to one of two revictimization prevention conditions: social learning/feminist and risk detection/executive function.


The study contains one data file with 180 cases and 545 variables.
Trafficking of Migrant Laborers in San Diego, California, 2010-2011

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.The purpose of the study was to provide statistically sound estimates on the prevalence of trafficking victimization and investigate the type of trafficking victimization among unauthorized migrant laborers in San Diego. Data were collected through face to face interviews using respondent driven sampling (Labor Trafficking Main Data, n=826 and Specific Trafficking Incident Data, n=826). There were sixteen interview sites spread across San Diego county. All interviews were conducted with at least two interviewers present. The study used a total of seven bilingual interviewers who conducted 826 valid interviews. Each subject was paid thirty dollars for participating in the interview, and given three referral coupons worth ten dollars each. The Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) began with an initial set of "seeds" recruited from the target population through a combination of recruiting strangers at day labor sites and existing community contacts within the social networks of Center for Social Advocacy (CSA) outreach workers. To be eligible for participation in the study, one had to be unauthorized in the United States and be working (or have worked within) the past 3 months. Other than the seeds, all subsequent referrals had to call the project phone number to schedule interviews with their coupon numbers.
Evaluation of the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) Program [United States], 2010-2012

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.The purpose of the study was to evaluate the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) program; evaluate victims' awareness and use of automated victim notification (AVN) systems and the role service providers play in ensuring that victims are aware of, and able to successfully register for, AVN services. Researchers conducted three waves of telephone interviews with automated victim notification (AVN) system administrators (AVN System Administrator Interview Data, n=52), including those in states not participating in the BJA SAVIN program. Researchers also interviewed individuals overseeing victim notification services in states without AVN.  Researchers also created two online surveys to supplement the information collected in the telephone interviews (Survey of Service Providers, n = 1,246). Finally, Researchers contacted selected service providers via email and telephone to inform them that they had been identified to participate in the survey of victims (Survey of Victims Data, n=1,355) and asked to confirm their participation. Participating service providers displayed the surveys in a public area where they could be completed by anyone visiting the office for an issue related to victim services. To encourage participation from victims who did not receive in-office services, the research team gave providers a sample email (in both English and Spanish) that they could provide to remote clients with information about how to access the online survey. The research team fielded the survey for three months in 2012, with reminder emails sent to participating providers on a bi-weekly basis.
Assessing the Link Between Foreclosure and Crime Rates: A Multi-level Analysis of Neighborhoods Across 29 Large United States Cities, 2007-2009


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 integrated neighborhood-level data on robbery and burglary gathered from local police agencies across the United States, foreclosure data from RealtyTrac (a real estate information company), and a wide variety of social, economic, and demographic control variables from multiple sources. Using census tracts to approximate neighborhoods, the study regressed 2009 neighborhood robbery and burglary rates on foreclosure rates measured for 2007-2008 (a period during which foreclosure spiked dramatically in the nation), while accounting for 2007 robbery and burglary rates and other control variables that captured differences in social, economic, and demographic context across American neighborhoods and cities for this period. The analysis was based on more than 7,200 census tracts in over 60 large cities spread across 29 states. Core research questions were addressed with a series of multivariate multilevel and single-level regression models that accounted for the skewed nature of neighborhood crime patterns and the well-documented spatial dependence of crime.


The study contains one data file with 8,198 cases and 99 variables.
Evaluation of the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, [New York City, New York], 1998-2010

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.The study examined four research questions: (1) Was the Red Hook Community Justice Center (RHCJC) implemented according to plan?; (2) Did RHCJC make a difference in sanctioning, recidivism, and arrests?; (3) How did RHCJC produce any observed reductions to recidivism and arrests?; and (4) Is RHCJC cost-efficient from the viewpoint of taxpayers?
The community survey (Red Hook Resident Data, n = 95) was administered by research teams in the spring and summer of 2010. Teams generally went house-to-house ringing apartment buzzers at varying times of day, usually on the weekend when working people are more likely to be home or approached people on the sitting on park benches to conduct interviews.In autumn 2010, the research team administered a survey to 200 misdemeanor offenders (Red Hook Offender Data, n = 205) who were recruited from within the catchment area of the Red Hook Community Justice Center (RHCJC) using Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS).To examine how the RHCJC was implemented (Red Hook Process Evaluation Data, n= 35,465 and Red Hook Work File Data, n= 3,127), the research team relied on a diverse range of data sources, including 52 structured group and individual interviews with court staff and stakeholders carried out over five site visits; observation of courtroom activities and staff meetings; extensive document review; and analysis of case-level data including all adult criminal cases and some juvenile delinquency cases processed at the Justice Center from 2000 through 2009.  To aid in understanding the RHCJC's impact on the overall level of crime in the catchment area, researchers obtained monthly counts (Arrest Data, n = 144) of felony and misdemeanor arrests in each of the three catchment area police precincts (the 72nd, 76th, and 78th precincts).
The National Police Research Platform, Phase 2 [United States], 2013-2015

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.The purpose of the study was to implement a "platform-based" methodology for collecting data about police organizations and the communities they serve with the goals of generating in-depth standardized information about police organizations, personnel and practices and to help move policing in the direction of evidence-based "learning-organizations" by providing judicious feedback to police agencies and policy makers. The research team conducted three web-based Law Enforcement Organizations (LEO) surveys of sworn and civilian law enforcement employees (LEO Survey A Data, n=22,765; LEO Survey B Data, n=15,825; and LEO Survey C Data, n=16,483). The sample was drawn from the 2007 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) database. Agencies with 100 to 3,000 sworn police personnel were eligible for participation. To collect data for the Police-Community Interaction (PCI) survey (PCI Data, n=16,659), each week department employees extracted names and addresses of persons who had recent contact with a police officer because of a reported crime incident, traffic accident or traffic stop. Typically, the surveys were completed within two to four weeks of the encounter.