AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Effects of Crime on After-School Youth Development Programs in the United States, 1993-1994

This study obtained information on youth-serving
 organizations around the country that provide constructive activities
 for youth in the after-school and evening hours. It was carried out in
 collaboration with seven national youth-serving organizations: Boys
 and Girls Clubs of America, Boy Scouts of America, Girls Incorporated,
 Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., National Association of Police Athletic
 Leagues, National 4-H Council and United States Department of
 Agriculture 4-H and Youth Development Service, and YMCA of the
 U.S.A. The research involved a national survey of affiliates and
 charter members of these organizations. Respondents were asked to
 provide information about their programs for the 1993-1994 school
 year, including summer 1994 if applicable. A total of 1,234
 questionnaires were mailed to the 658 youth-serving organizations in
 376 cities in October 1994. Survey data were provided by 579 local
 affiliates. Information was collected on the type of building where
 the organization was located, the months, days of the week, and hours
 of operation, number of adults on staff, number and sex of school-age
 participants, number of hours participants spent at the program
 location, other participants served by the program, and
 characteristics of the neighborhood where the program was
 located. Questions were also asked about the types of contacts the
 organization had with the local police department, types of crimes
 that occurred at the location in the school year, number of times each
 crime type occurred, number of times the respondent was a victim of
 each crime type, if the offender was a participant, other youth, adult
 with the program, adult from the neighborhood, or adult stranger,
 actions taken by the organization because crimes occurred, and crime
 prevention strategies recommended and adopted by the
 organization. Geographic information includes the organization's
stratum and FBI region.
Evaluation of the Weed and Seed Initiative in the United States, 1994  

The Department of Justice launched Operation Weed and Seed
 in 1991 as a means of mobilizing a large and varied array of resources
 in a comprehensive, coordinated effort to control crime and drug
 problems and improve the quality of life in targeted high-crime
 neighborhoods. In the long term, Weed and Seed programs are intended
 to reduce levels of crime, violence, drug trafficking, and fear of
 crime, and to create new jobs, improve housing, enhance the quality of
 neighborhood life, and reduce alcohol and drug use. This baseline data
 collection effort is the initial step toward assessing the achievement
 of the long-term objectives. The evaluation was conducted using a
 quasi-experimental design, matching households in comparison
 neighborhoods with the Weed and Seed target neighborhoods. Comparison
 neighborhoods were chosen to match Weed and Seed target neighborhoods
 on the basis of crime rates, population demographics, housing
 characteristics, and size and density. Neighborhoods in eight sites
 were selected: Akron, OH, Bradenton (North Manatee), FL, Hartford, CT,
 Las Vegas, NV, Pittsburgh, PA, Salt Lake City, UT, Seattle, WA, and
 Shreveport, LA. The "neighborhood" in Hartford, CT, was actually a
 public housing development, which is part of the reason for the
 smaller number of interviews at this site. Baseline data collection
 tasks included the completion of in-person surveys with residents in
 the target and matched comparison neighborhoods, and the provision of
 guidance to the sites in the collection of important process data on a
 routine uniform basis. The survey questions can be broadly divided
 into these areas: (1) respondent demographics, (2) household size and
 income, (3) perceptions of the neighborhood, and (4) perceptions of
 city services. Questions addressed in the course of gathering the
 baseline data include: Are the target and comparison areas
 sufficiently well-matched that analytic contrasts between the areas
 over time are valid? Is there evidence that the survey measures are
 accurate and valid measures of the dependent variables of interest --
 fear of crime, victimization, etc.? Are the sample sizes and response
 rates sufficient to provide ample statistical power for later
 analyses? Variables cover respondents' perceptions of the
 neighborhood, safety and observed security measures, police
 effectiveness, and city services, as well as their ratings of
 neighborhood crime, disorder, and other problems. Other items included
 respondents' experiences with victimization, calls/contacts with
 police and satisfaction with police response, and involvement in
 community meetings and events. Demographic information on respondents
 includes year of birth, gender, ethnicity, household income, and
employment status.
Availability and Use of Intermediate Sanctions by Judges and Corrections Professionals in the United States, 1994

This survey is part of a larger project designed to explore
ways to increase the availability and use of intermediate sanctions
(IS) on a national level without jeopardizing public safety.
A model for an Intermediate Punishment System is suggested. The
survey was undertaken to ascertain attitudes and practices concerning
IS for three groups: state and federal judges (Part 3), correctional
system administrators responsible for community corrections in their
state or jurisdiction (Part 1), and program directors who actually
operated community programs (Part 2). The units of analysis were
intermediate sanctions/programs operating in jurisdictions across the
United States. Data were collected on the availability and frequency
of use of IS, as well as costs, client/staffing ratios, use of
rehabilitative programming, respondents' opinions concerning the
field's needs, and program eligibility criteria. Information was also
gathered on how decisions were made to place offenders into the
various programs,
program outcome and whether the program was
viewed as being successful (and how this was measured),
and types of new programs needed.
Community Context and Sentencing Decisions in 39 Counties in the United States, 1998  

This study aimed to understand the extent to which
 punishment is influenced by the larger social context in which it
 occurs by examining both the main and conditioning influence of
 community context on individual sentences. The primary research
 questions for this study were (1) Does community context affect
 sentencing outcomes for criminal defendants net of the influence of
 defendant and case characteristics? and (2) Does community context
 condition the influences of defendant age, race, and sex on sentencing
 outcomes? Data from the 1998 State Court Processing Statistics (SCPS)
 were merged with a unique county-level dataset that provided
 information on the characteristics of the counties in which defendants
 were adjudicated. County-level data included unemployment, crime
 rates, sex ratio, age structure, religious group affiliation, and
political orientation.
Assessing the Efficacy of Treatment Modalities in the Context of Adult Drug Courts in Four Jurisdictions in the United States, 1997-2002

This study examined adult drug treatment courts. Drug
treatment courts are intended to reduce the recidivism of drug-involved
offenders by changing their drug-use habits. These courts provide a
connection between the criminal justice and treatment systems by
combining treatment with structured sanctions and rewards. Researchers
collected data between February 2001 and May 2002 on drug court
participants, treatment services and staff, and organizations involved
in drug court operations in four jurisdictions: Bakersfield, California,
Jackson County, Missouri, Creek County, Oklahoma, and St. Mary Parish,
Louisiana. Part 1, Retrospective Participant Data, contains recidivism
and treatment data on 2,357 drug treatment court participants who were
enrolled in one of the drug courts between January 1997 and December
2000. Part 2, Treatment Observation Data, contains data collected from
observations of treatment sessions at each site from May through July
2001. Part 3, Staff Survey Data, provides data obtained through surveys
of 54 treatment service staff members.
Nature and Correlates of Domestic Violence Among Female Arrestees in San Diego, California, 2000-2001  

This study sought to examine the incidence and prevalence
 of domestic violence among female arrestees. The data for this
 research were collected in conjunction with the National Institute of
 Justice's Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) programs. Female
 arrestees in San Diego, California, who had completed the ADAM
 interview and provided a urine specimen were asked if they would be
 willing to answer an additional set of questions concerning their
 experience with domestic violence. Respondents were asked a series of
 questions about the types of abuse they experienced and a host of
 supplemental questions detailing the abusive incidents they
experienced in their lifetime and in the last 12 months.
Impact of Immigration on Ethnic-Specific Violence in Miami, Florida, 1997  

Does the rate of violent victimization differ across race
 and ethnic groups? In an effort to answer this question, this study
 sought to examine the violent victimization rate and the factors
 influencing ethnic-specific rates of violence in the city of
 Miami. Administrative data were obtained from the United States Bureau
 of the Census and the Miami Police Department Research Unit. For the
 groups of people identified as Afro Americans, Latinos, and Haitians,
 the numbers who were victims of aggravated assault and robbery in 1997
 are included along with the assault and robbery rates for each
 group. The remaining variables are the percent of female-headed
 households, percent below poverty line, percent of young males out of
 the labor force and unemployed, residential instability, vacant and
household instability, and the percent of 1980-1990 immigrants.
Evaluation of Multi-Jurisdictional Task Forces in the United States, 1999-2000

Since the inception of the Edward Byrne Memorial State and
Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program in 1988, a large proportion of
formula grant program funds has been allocated by state administrative
agencies (SAA) to support multi-jurisdictional drug task forces (MJTFs).
MJTFs are a subset of law enforcement task forces that were created in
order to target the illegal distribution of drugs at the local and
regional levels. While many policymakers, researchers, and practitioners
express confidence in the task force approach generally, there remains
insufficient understanding of the possible community and organizational
impact of individual MJTFs and the kinds of evaluation methodologies
that can elicit such information. The goal of this project was to
identify several methodologies that could be used by state planning
agencies, task forces, and others to assess the work of MJTFs. This
project consisted of two surveys that were designed to ascertain the
extent to which state administrative agencies (SAAs) and
multi-jurisdictional drug task forces (MJTFs) collected various kinds of
process and outcome information and conducted evaluations of task
forces.
Public Opinion on the Courts in the United States, 2000

This study centered on two questions fundamental to
understanding public opinion about the courts: (1) Do African
Americans, Latinos, and Whites view the state courts differently? and
(2) What impact did recent direct court experience have on people's
opinions about state courts? Between March 22, 2000, and May 3, 2000,
interviewers conducted 1,567 telephone interviews with randomly
selected United States residents. Variables include respondents'
gender, race, age, education, and other demographic information,
respondents' perception of the fairness of local courts, including
whether African Americans and Latinos were discriminated against,
whether the respondent or a member of the respondent's household had
been involved with the courts in the past 12 months, and if so, how
fairly that case was conducted.
Criminal Histories and Criminal Justice Processing of Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) Sample Members in Washington, DC, 1989-1991

These data provide information on the relationship between
 arrestee drug tests and future criminality once other risk factors,
 such as prior criminal history, are accounted for. Also explored is
 whether the association between drug test results and future offending
 varies depending upon the attributes of individual offenders. The
 dataset contains information drawn from the Pretrial Services Agency
 (PSA) in Washington, DC, and the National Institute of Justice's Drug
 Use Forecasting (DUF) program. Data are available from each source for
 1989 and 1990 with subsequent arrest data provided by PSA through
 August 1991. The 1989-1990 data supplied by PSA contain information on
 criminal history and drug test results taken at the time of arrest.
 Data provided from the DUF program include drug test results from a
 sample of persons arrested as well as information obtained from
 arrestee interviews on items such as family and work status. The
 combined data contain the arrestees' demographic characteristics,
 arrest and charge information, prior criminal history, and subsequent
 offending. Drugs tested for include cocaine, opiates, methadone, PCP,
 amphetamines, barbiturates, marijuana, methaqualone, Darvon, and
 Valium. In addition, self-reported information regarding an
 individual's use of and dependency on these drugs is supplied.
 Demographic information includes age, sex, income, and employment
 status. Due to changes in the DUF measurement instrument from 1989 to
 1990, the variables contained in the two data files are not completely
identical.
National Evaluation of the National Institute of Justice Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus Program, 2000-2002

This study was undertaken as a process evaluation of the
 Grants to Combat Violence Against Women on Campus Program (Campus
 Program), which was conducted by the Institute for Law and Justice
 under a grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and funding
 from the Violence Against Women Office (VAWO). The Campus Program was
 comprised of 38 colleges or universities, which received funding in
 1999 and 2000. Part 1 data consist of basic demographic information
 about each campus and the violence against women programs and services
 available at each site. Data for Part 2, collected from
 questionnaires administered to grant project staff, documented
 perceptions about the Campus Program project and participation and
 collaboration from those involved in the partnership with each college
 or university (i.e., non-profit, non-governmental victim service
providers).
Violence Against Women and the Role of Welfare Reform in Stanislaus and Kern Counties, California, 1999-2002

This study investigated the relationship between domestic
 violence and welfare reform. Two specific goals were (1) to determine
 the impact of domestic violence on welfare tenure and employment over
 a three-year period, and (2) to examine the well-being of children of
 female welfare recipients who experienced domestic violence. In
 addition, the study examined issues related to mental health problems
 and alcohol and drug problems, both of which are associated with
 domestic violence. This study was based on three rounds of interviews
 with a random sample of welfare recipients in Kern and Stanislaus
 Counties, California, between April 1999 and December 2002. Although
 the interview instrument was slightly altered for each round, the
 questions in all three rounds focused on employment history, health,
 mental health, domestic violence victimization, children's well-being,
and alcohol and drug use.
Effects of Arrests and Incarceration on Informal Social Control in Baltimore, Maryland, Neighborhoods, 1980-1994    

This study examined the effects of police arrest policies
and incarceration policies on communities in 30 neighborhoods in
Baltimore. Specifically, the study addressed the question of whether
aggressive arrest and incarceration policies negatively impacted
social organization and thereby reduced the willingness of area
residents to engage in informal social control, or collective efficacy.
CRIME CHANGES IN BALTIMORE, 1970-1994 (ICPSR 2352) provided aggregate
community-level data on demographics, socioeconomic attributes, and
crime rates as well as data from interviews with residents about
community attachment, cohesiveness, participation, satisfaction, and
experiences with crime and self-protection. Incident-level offense
and arrest data for 1987 and 1992 were obtained from the Baltimore
Police Department. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and
Corrections provided data on all of the admissions to and releases
from prisons in neighborhoods in Baltimore City and Baltimore County
for 1987, 1992, and 1994.
National Evaluation of the Arrest Policies Program Under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), 1996-2000

This study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of the
 Arrest Policies Program, funded by the Violence Against Women Office
 (VAWO), on criminal justice system changes and offender accountability,
 and victim safety and well-being. Through convenience sampling, six
 project sites were chosen to participate in the study. Part 1, Case
 Tracking Data, contains quantitative data collected from criminal
 justice agencies on arrests, prosecution filings, criminal case
 disposition, convictions, and sentences imposed for intimate partner
 violence cases involving a male offender and female offender. Data for
 Part 2, Victim Interview Data, were collected from in-depth personal
 interviews with domestic violence victims/survivors (1) to learn more
 about victim experiences with and perceptions of the criminal justice
 response, and (2) to obtain victim perceptions about how the arrest
 and/or prosecution of their batterers affected their safety and
 well-being. The survey instrument covered a wide range of topics
 including severity and history of domestic violence, social support
 networks, perceptions of police response, satisfaction with the
 criminal justice process and the sentence, experiences in court, and
 satisfaction with prosecutors, victim services provider advocates, and
probation officers.
Outcome Evaluation of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Program for State Prisoners in Massachusetts, 1999-2002

This study was an outcome evaluation of the Residential
Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program at the Barnstable House of
Corrections in Massachusetts. The study is based on the 188 inmates
referred to the RSAT program at Barnstable between January 1, 1999,
and June 6, 2001. Data on participants' criminal histories were
gathered from the Criminal History Systems Board through March
2002. Data on offender age, entry, and discharge dates were supplied
by the Barnstable County House of Corrections. Data from offender
scores on psychological inventories and offender outcomes in the RSAT
program were supplied by AdCare Criminal Justice Services.
Use of Force by the Montgomery County, Maryland Police Department, 1993-1999

This study was designed to describe the types and amount of
force used by and against the police in Montgomery County, Maryland,
for the seven years between January 1993 and December 1999. The
researchers collected data from the Montgomery County Police
Department's Use of Force Reports and arrest records for this time
period. Part 1 contains data obtained from the Use of Force Reports,
including information about the characteristics of the force used,
injuries and medical treatment, characteristics of the officer and
citizen involved, and the time and date of the incident. Part 2
contains data from the arrest records, including variables for
location, time, and date of the arrest, the most serious charge, and
demographic characteristics of the officer and arrestee. Part 3
contains aggregate data, including rate of force by different arrest
characteristics, that were derived from the data in Parts 1 and 2.
Revictimization and Victim Satisfaction in Domestic Violence Cases Processed in the Quincy, Massachusetts, District Court, 1995-1997    

This study sought to examine (1) the occurrence of
 revictimization, (2) the impact of case processing in Quincy District
 Court (QDC) on the disclosure of revictimization, and (3) victim
 satisfaction with various components of the criminal justice
 system. This study was undertaken as part of a secondary analysis of
 data originally collected for a National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
 sponsored evaluation of a "model" domestic violence program located in
 Quincy, Massachusetts (RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE QUINCY,
 MASSACHUSETTS, DISTRICT COURT, 1995-1997 [ICPSR 3076]). Administrative
 records data were collected from the Quincy District Court's
 Department of Probation, two batterer treatment programs servicing
 offenders, and police incident reports, as well as survey data
 administered to victims. Included are criminal history data, records
 of civil restraining orders, probation department data on
 prosecutorial charges, case disposition and risk assessment
 information, data on offender treatment program participation, police
 incident reports, and self-report victim survey data. These data were
 collected with three primary goals: (1) to obtain the victim's point
 of view about what she wanted from the criminal justice system, and
 how the criminal justice system responded to the domestic violence
 incident in which she was involved, (2) to get details about the study
 incidents and the context of the victim-offender relationship that are
 not typically available in official statistics, and (3) to hear
directly from victims about the defendant's reoffending behavior.
Delinquency in a Birth Cohort in Wuchang District, Wuhan, China, 1973-2000

This study was designed by American criminologist Marvin
Wolfgang as a replication of his DELINQUENCY IN A BIRTH COHORT studies
conducted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ICPSR 7729 and ICPSR 9293).
The focus of the study is a cohort of all persons born in 1973 in the
Wuchang District of the city of Wuhan. This district was selected
because it was a populous commercial and residential area. The cohort
birth year was chosen to reflect the impact of major economic and
social changes in China. Data include interviews with all known
criminal offenders as of 1990 and with a matched comparison
sample. Additional residential, demographic, and updated criminal
history data as of 2000 were collected on all persons born in the
1973 Wuchang District cohort.
Non-Fatal Workplace Violence in Lincoln, Nebraska, 1996-1997  

This project investigated non-fatal workplace violence in
 Lincoln, Nebraska, over an 18-month period. Workplace violence was
 defined as any behavior by an individual that was intended to harm
 workers of an organization, including all instances of physical and
 verbal aggression and violence. The principal investigator coded all
 cases of non-fatal workplace violence reported to the Lincoln Police
 Department during the study period with regard to 17 factors,
 including the type of workplace violence, the intimacy level of the
 perpetrator (boyfriend/husband, ex-boyfriend/husband), whether a
 weapon was mentioned, whether threats had been made, and the intensity
 level of violence. The goals of this project were (1) to present
 epidemiological information concerning non-fatal workplace violence,
 (2) to address the different types of workplace violence and
 differences across those types, and (3) to analyze risk factors
associated with higher and lower intensity violence.