AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Interviewer Impressions (Primary Caregiver), Wave 3, 2000-2002

The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
(PHDCN) was a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families,
schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development.
One component of the PHDCN was the Longitudinal Cohort Study, which
was a series of coordinated longitudinal studies that followed over
6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults, and
their primary caregivers 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. Numerous measures were administered to respondents to
gauge various aspects of human development, including individual
differences, as well as family, peer, and school influences. One such
measure was the Interviewer Impressions (Primary Caregiver). This set
of questions was completed by the interviewer at the end of each
interview with a primary caregiver (PC). The interviewer supplied
basic demographic information and rated the behavior of the PC toward
the interviewer, as well as the PC's behavior and attitude toward the
subject and other household members. It was completed for Cohorts 0,
3, 6, 9, and 12 and it is closely related to PROJECT ON HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): INTERVIEWER IMPRESSIONS
(PRIMARY CAREGIVER), WAVE 2, 1997-2000 (ICPSR 13631).
Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Personal Identity, Wave 3, 2000-2002

The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
 (PHDCN) was a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families,
 schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent
 development. One component of the PHDCN was the Longitudinal Cohort
 Study, which was a series of coordinated longitudinal studies that
 followed over 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young
 adults, and their primary caregivers 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. Numerous measures were administered to respondents to
 gauge various aspects of human development, including individual
 differences, as well as family, peer, and school influences. One such
 measure was the Personal Identity instrument. It was administered to
 subjects in Cohorts 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 and obtained information
 related to racial and ethnic identity, which was originally collected
 in PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN):
 DEMOGRAPHIC FILE, WAVE 1, 1994-1997 (ICPSR 13581), and PROJECT ON
 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): DEMOGRAPHIC FILE,
 WAVE 2, 1997-2000 (ICPSR 13609). It also contained future orientation
 and discrimination questions, as well as questions relating to group
importance that were drawn from the Puerto Rican Adolescent Survey.
Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Home and Life Interview, Wave 3, 2000-2002

The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
(PHDCN) was a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families,
schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development.
One component of the PHDCN was the Longitudinal Cohort Study, which
was a series of coordinated longitudinal studies that followed over
6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults, and
their primary caregivers 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. Numerous measures were administered to respondents to
gauge various aspects of human development, including individual
differences, as well as family, peer, and school influences. One of
the measures composing the Longitudinal Cohort Study was the Home and
Life Interview. The Home and Life Interview was a restructured
interview based on the Home Observation for Measurement of the
Environment (HOME) inventory used in Wave 1 (PROJECT ON HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): HOME OBSERVATION FOR
MEASUREMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WAVE 1, 1994-1997 [ICPSR 13594]). The
Home and Life Interview, like the HOME inventory, sought to observe
the developmental environment in which children belonging to the
Longitudinal Cohort Study sample were raised. The Home and Life
Interview was designed to capture the absence or presence of certain
cognitive stimuli, including varied learning experiences and diverse
educational materials. The Home and Life Interview also measured the
extent and nature of the interactions that occurred between the
subject and his or her primary caregiver. The Wave 3 Home and Life
Interview instrument was a reduced version of the Wave 2 Home and Life
Interview instrument (PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO
NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): HOME AND LIFE INTERVIEW, WAVE 2, 1997-2000
[ICPSR 13630]) that does not include an emphasis on evaluating the
relationship between the subject and the subject's father or, in the
father's absence, a male father figure. It was administered to
subjects' primary caregivers for Cohorts 0, 3, 6, and 9.
Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Health Screen, Wave 3, 2000-2002

The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
 (PHDCN) was a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families,
 schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development.
 One component of the PHDCN was the Longitudinal Cohort Study, which
 was a series of coordinated longitudinal studies that followed over
 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults, and
 their primary caregivers 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. Numerous measures were administered to respondents to
 gauge various aspects of human development, including individual
 differences, as well as family, peer, and school influences. One such
 measure was the Health Screen, used to obtain information regarding
 the general health condition of the subjects. It was administered to
 subjects' caregivers for Cohorts 0 to 12 and to the subjects,
 themselves, for Cohorts 15 and 18, and it was taken from the
 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. It is related to PROJECT
 ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): HEALTH SCREEN,
 WAVE 1, 1994-1997 (ICPSR 13593) and PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN
 CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): HEALTH SCREEN, WAVE 2, 1997-2000 (ICPSR
13629).
Automated Reporting System Pilot Project in Los Angeles, 1990

The purpose of this pilot project was to determine if 
 preliminary investigation report (PIR) data filed by patrol officers 
 could be collected via laptop computers to allow the direct input of 
 the data into the Los Angeles Police Department Crime and Arrest 
 Database without adversely affecting the personnel taking or using the 
 reports. This data collection addresses the following questions: (1) 
 Did officers and supervisors prefer the automated reporting system 
 (ARS) or the handwritten version of the PIR? (2) Did the ARS affect the 
 job satisfaction or morale of officers and supervisors? (3) Did the ARS 
 reduce the amount of time that patrol officers, supervisors, and clerks 
 spent on paperwork? (4) Did the ARS affect the accuracy of information 
 contained in the PIRs? (5) Did detectives and prosecuting attorneys 
 find the ARS a more reliable source than handwritten PIRs? Officers and 
 supervisors in two divisions of the Los Angeles Police Department, 
 Wilshire and Hollywood, participated as control and experimental 
 groups. The control group continued using handwritten ("existing") 
 PIRs while the experimental group used the automated PIRs (ARS). The 
 General Information Questionnaire collected information on each 
 officer's rank, assignment, watch, gender, age, years with the Los 
 Angeles Police Department, education, job morale, job demands, 
 self-esteem, computer anxiety, and relationship with supervisor and 
 other officers. The Job Performance Rating Form gathered data on work 
 efforts, depth of job knowledge, work quality, oral and written skills, 
 and capacity to learn. The Time Study Sheets collected data on 
 investigation time, writing and editing time, travel time, approval and 
 correction time, review time, errors by type, and data input time for 
 both the handwritten and automated forms. The Evaluation of the 
 Existing Form and the Evaluation of the Automated Form both queried 
 respondents on ease of use, system satisfaction, and productivity loss. 
 The ARS Use Questionnaire asked about ease of use, typing skills, 
 computer skills, comfort with the system, satisfaction with training, 
 and preference for the system. The Hollywood Detective Division ARS Use 
 Questionnaire surveyed detectives on the system's ease of use, task 
 improvement, support for continued use, and preference for the system. 
 The PIR Content Evaluation Form collected data on quality of officers' 
 observations, organization and writing skills, physical evidence, 
 statements of victims, witnesses, and suspects, and offense 
 classification. The Caplan Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity subscales 
were used in the design of the questionnaires.
Milwaukee Domestic Violence Experiment, 1987-1989

This study represents a modified replication of the
Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment (SPECIFIC DETERRENT EFFECTS
OF ARREST FOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT: MINNEAPOLIS, 1981-1982 [ICPSR 8250]).
The Minneapolis study found arrest to be an effective deterrent
against repeat domestic violence. The two key purposes of the current
study were (1) to examine the possible differences in reactions to
arrest, and (2) to compare the effects of short and long incarceration
associated with arrest. Research protocol involved 35 patrol officers
in four Milwaukee police districts screening domestic violence cases
for eligibility, then calling police headquarters to request a
randomly-assigned disposition. The three possible randomly assigned
dispositions were (1) Code 1, which consisted of arrest and at least
one night in jail, unless the suspect posted bond, (2) Code 2, which
consisted of arrest and immediate release on recognizance from the
booking area at police headquarters, or as soon as possible, and (3)
Code 3, which consisted of a standard Miranda-style script warning
read by police to both suspect and victim. A battered women's shelter
hotline system provided the primary measurement of the frequency of
violence by the same suspects both before and after each case leading
to a randomized police action. Other forms of measurement included
arrests of the suspect both before and after the offense, as well as
offenses against the same victim. Initial victim interviews were
attempted within one month after the first 900 incidents were
compiled. A second victim interview was attempted six months after the
incident for all 1,200 cases. Data collected for this study included
detailed data on each of the 1,200 randomized events, less detailed
data on an additional 854 cases found ineligible, "pipeline" data on
the frequency of domestic violence in the four Milwaukee police
districts, official measures of prior and subsequent domestic violence
for both suspects and victims, interviews of arrested suspects for
eligible and ineligible cases, criminal justice system dispositions of
the randomized arrests, results of urinalysis tests of drug and
alcohol use for some arrestees, and log attempts to obtain interviews
from suspects and victims. Demographic variables include victim and
suspect age, race, education, employment status, and marital status.
Additional information obtained includes victim-offender
relationships, alcohol and drug use during incident, substance of
conflict, nature of victim injury and medical treatment as reported by
police and victims, characteristics of suspects in the Code 1 and 2
arrest groups, victim and suspect reports of who called police, and
victim and suspect versions of speed of police response.
Alternative Procedures for Reducing Delays in Criminal Appeals:  Sacramento, Springfield, and Rhode Island, 1983-1984

This data collection investigates the effectiveness of
 alternative approaches to reducing delays in criminal
 appeals. Interviews were conducted with court representatives from
 districts employing differing alternatives. These districts and
 approaches are (1) case management in the Illinois Appellate Court,
 Fourth District, in Springfield, (2) staff screening for submission
 without oral argument in the California Court of Appeals, Third
 District, in Sacramento, and (3) fast-tracking procedures in the Rhode
 Island Supreme Court. Parallel interviews were conducted in public
 defenders' offices in three additional locations: Colorado, the
 District of Columbia, and Minnesota. Questions focused on the backlogs
 courts were facing, the reasons for the backlogs, and the
 consequences. Participants were asked about the fairness and possible
 consequences of procedures employed by their courts and other courts
 in this study. Case data were acquired from court records of the
Springfield, Sacramento, and Rhode Island courts.
Criminal Careers, Criminal Violence, and Substance Abuse in California, 1963-1983

The purpose of the study was to investigate the criminal
career patterns of violent offenders. These data are intended to
facilitate the development of models to predict recidivism and
violence, and to construct parole supervision programs. Original data
were collected on young male offenders in 1964 and 1965 as they
entered the California Youth Authority (CYA). At this time, data were
collected on criminal history, including current offenses, drug and
alcohol use, psychological and personality variables, and sentencing, and
demographics such as age, education, work experience, and family
structure. The data collection also contains results from a number of
standardized psychological instruments: California Psychological
Inventory, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, California
Achievement Test Battery, General Aptitude Test Battery, Army General
Classification Test, and the Revised Beta Test. After release from the
CYA and over the following 20 years, subsequent arrest information
was collected on the offenders, including the nature of the offense,
disposition, and arrest and parole dates.
Implementation of Quantitative Decision Aids in the Oklahoma Probation and Parole System, 1989-1990

These data were collected to examine the use of
quantitative decision aids in making probation and parole decisions in
Oklahoma. The quantitative aids implemented in Oklahoma were
modifications of the Wisconsin risks/needs assessment instruments. To
determine the uses of and attitudes towards such instruments, Oklahoma
probation and parole officers were queried regarding the
appropriateness of the instruments in making probation and parole
decisions, the specific circumstances in which the instruments were
useful, the reasons why the instruments were used, and the extent to
which the instruments were manipulated. In addition, data were
collected from the officers on job satisfaction and age, length of
employment, sex, education, and race.
Shock Incarceration in Louisiana, 1987-1989

These data describe the results of one component of an
evaluation of the "shock incarceration" program in the Louisiana
Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDPSC). This program,
formally called IMPACT (Intensive Motivational Program of Alternative
Correctional Treatment), began in 1987 and consisted of two phases. In
the first phase offenders spent 90 to 180 days in a medium security
prison participating in a rigorous boot camp-type program. Offenders
who successfully completed the program were released from prison and
placed under intensive supervision in the community--the second phase
of the program. Changes in offender behavior and attitudes during the
prison and community supervision phases of the shock program were
examined in a quasi-experimental design to determine the impact of the
program on the individual offenders. Comparisons were made with
similar offenders who were not in the shock program who had been
sentenced to prison and parole/probation. Shock and nonshock
incarcerated offenders were asked to complete self-report
questionnaires. Information was also collected from LDPSC records and
from monthly parole performance evaluations completed by parole and
probation officers. Information collected from LDPSC records included
demographics, sentence characteristics, release date, offense,
criminal history, I.Q. (Beta II) and MMPI scores, and diagnostic
personnel evaluations of mental health, substance abuse, general
attitude, adjustment, and violence potential. Part 1 of the collection
consists of inmate data collected from the incarcerated
shock program participants (N = 208) and the incarcerated nonshock
offenders (N = 98, with partial records for an additional 46).
Information includes police record data, clinical diagnostic data,
offender's self-reported demographic data, scales for self-reported
attitudes and personality measures, and offender's self-reported
criminal and substance abuse history. Part 2 contains demographic data
collected for all samples, including police record data and clinical
diagnostic data. Part 3 consists of parole and probation data for all
inmates. Offenders were followed for 12 months after leaving prison or
until they failed community supervision (by absconding, being jailed
for a lengthy period of time, or having their parole/probation
revoked). Consequently, there is monthly data for between 1 to 12
months for each offender. Information includes items relating to
parolees' performance at work and school, personal adjustment,
employment, substance abuse counseling, interpersonal relations,
compliance with intensive supervision program requirements, and
contacts with the criminal justice system.
Reporting of Drug-Related Crimes:  Resident and Police Perspectives in the United States, 1988-1990

This data collection investigates the ways in which police
use reports of drug-related crimes provided by residents of high
drug/crime areas and how willing residents of these areas are to
report such crimes to the police. Structured interviews were
conducted by telephone with police representatives in most of the
nation's 50 largest cities and in person with residents and police
officers in high drug/crime districts in each of four major cities:
Newark, Chicago, El Paso, and Philadelphia. Police department
representatives were queried about the usefulness of citizen reports,
reasons for citizens' reluctance to make reports, how the rate of
citizen reports could be improved, and how citizen reports worked with
other community crime prevention strategies. Residents were asked
about their tenure in the neighborhood, attitudes toward the quality
of life in the neighborhood, major social problems facing the
neighborhood, and quality of city services such as police and fire
protection, garbage collection, and public health services. Additional
questions were asked about the amount of crime in the neighborhood,
the amount of drug use and drug-related crime, and the fear of
crime. Basic demographic information such as sex, race, and language
in which the interview was conducted is also provided.
Characteristics of High and Low Crime Neighborhoods in Atlanta, 1980

This study examines the question of how some urban
neighborhoods maintain a low crime rate despite their proximity and
similarity to relatively high crime areas. The purpose of the study is
to investigate differences in various dimensions of the concept of
territoriality (spatial identity, local ties, social cohesion,
informal social control) and physical characteristics (land use,
housing, street type, boundary characteristics) in three pairs of
neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia. The study neighborhoods were
selected by locating pairs of adjacent neighborhoods with distinctly
different crime levels. The criteria for selection, other than the
difference in crime rates and physical adjacency, were comparable
racial composition and comparable economic status. This data
collection is divided into two files. Part 1, Atlanta Plan File,
contains information on every parcel of land within the six
neighborhoods in the study. The variables include ownership, type of
land use, physical characteristics, characteristics of structures, and
assessed value of each parcel of land within the six
neighborhoods. This file was used in the data analysis to measure a
number of physical characteristics of parcels and blocks in the study
neighborhoods, and as the sampling frame for the household survey. The
original data were collected by the City of Atlanta Planning Bureau.
Part 2, Atlanta Survey File, contains the results of a household
survey administered to a stratified random sample of households within
each of the study neighborhoods. Variables cover respondents'
attitudes and behavior related to the neighborhood, fear of crime,
avoidance and protective measures, and victimization
experiences. Crime rates, land use, and housing characteristics of the
block in which the respondent resided were coded onto each case
record.
Stress Training for Probation Officers and Their Families in Harris County, Texas, 2001

This study was a quasi-experimental design that utilized a
 multidimensional approach toward the design of an education-based
 stress intervention program for probation officers and a significant
 other. The study participants were recruited using a convenience
 sample from the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections
 Department based in Houston, Texas in June of 2001. Officers and their
 significant others were exposed to a series of interventions related
 to various aspects of stress including: stress education,
 organizational sources of stress, individual response to stress, and
 how to communicate about stress in the home. The program consisted of
 four course modules and three assessments, including: a pretest, a
 post-test (administered one month after intervention), and a six-month
 follow-up. The assessments consisted of the Maslach Burnout Inventory
 (MBI) and the knowledge of stress inventory, which were completed by
 31 officers. Demographic variables include age, gender, and ethnicity,
 years of experience, position within the organization, responses to
 the burnout inventory, and responses and scores for the knowledge of
stress inventory.