AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Providing Help to Victims:  A Study of Psychological and Material Outcomes in New York City, 1984-1985

This data collection was designed to examine the
 effectiveness of a New York City agency's attempt to decrease the
 negative emotions that result from victimization. The data address the
 following questions: (1) To what extent do specific treatments
 mitigate the negative psychological impact of victimization? (2) Are
 individuals from a particular demographic group more prone to suffer
 from psychological adjustment problems following victimization? (3)
 When victimized, do individuals blame themselves or the situation? (4)
 Are some crimes more difficult to cope with than others? (5) Does
 previous victimization affect the likelihood that an individual will
 have difficulty coping with current as well as future victimization?
 Data were collected in two waves, with Wave 1 interviews completed
 within one month of the victimization incident and Wave 2 interviews
 completed three months after treatment. The effects of three
 treatments were measured. They included: traditional crisis counseling
 (which incorporates psychological aid and material assistance such as
 food, shelter, cash, etc.), cognitive restructuring (challenges to
 "irrational" beliefs about the world and one's self used in
 conjunction with crisis counseling), and material assistance only (no
 psychological aid provided). A fourth group of victims received no
 treatment or services. Three standardized psychometric scales were
 used in the study. In addition to these standardized scales, the
 initial assessment battery included an index of fear of crime as well
 as an index that measured behavior adjustment. Another set of measures
 assessed how victims perceived their experience of victimization and
 included items on self-blame, selective evaluation, and control. Also
 included were questions about the crime and precautions taken to guard
 against future victimization. The follow-up assessment battery was
 virtually identical to the initial battery, except that questions
 about services and social support received by the victim were
 added. The following demographic variables are included in the data:
 sex, age, marital status, education, income, and race. The unit of
analysis was the individual.
Operation and Structure of Right-Wing Extremist Groups in the United States, 1980-2007

The purpose of this study was to address some of the gaps in what is known about right-wing terrorism by (1) comparing right-wing extremist "advocates" with "implementers", and (2) identifying internal processes related to organizational planning and group roles by focusing on how right-wing extremist groups recruit new members.  Using a wide variety of secondary sources, the principal investigator collected data beyond what was available in the AMERICAN TERRORISM STUDY, 1980-2002 (ICPSR 4639) and constructed an alternate database, the Right-Wing Terrorist Recruitment (RWTR) database, that related to terrorist recruitment and individual-level risk factors.  The research team collected data on a total of 112 persons from 16 right-wing extremist (RWE) groups.  In order to analyze the recruitment process, the principal investigator developed a new codebook that included a greater number of variables designed to measure different dimensions of the recruitment process. Some of the variables the investigator included were already in the American Terrorism Study dataset, however, the variable categories were revised. Other variables were included in light of prior terrorism studies and related scholarship such as research in the areas of social movements and new religious movements. The investigator also designed variables to measure the structural characteristics of the recruitment process.  The dataset includes a total of 82 terrorist recruitment and individual-level risk factor variables.
Use and Effectiveness of Hypnosis and the Cognitive Interview for Enhancing Eyewitness Recall:  Philadelphia, 1988-1989

This study investigated the effectiveness of hypnosis and 
 the cognitive interview (a technique for stimulating memory) on the 
 recall of events in a criminal incident. The data collected in the 
 study address the following questions: (1) Does hypnosis or the 
 cognitive interview mitigate recall deficits that result from 
 emotionally upsetting events? (2) Does hypnosis or the cognitive 
 interview improve recall when individuals recall events in narrative 
 fashion? (3) Does hypnosis or the cognitive interview improve recall 
 when individuals are required to respond to each item in a set of 
 focused questions? (4) Does the cognitive interview improve recall 
 better than motivated control recall procedures? For this two-stage 
 study, subjects were randomly assigned to receive hypnosis, cognitive 
 interview, or control treatment. Stage 1 involved completing unrelated 
 questionnaires and viewing a short film containing an emotionally 
 upsetting criminal event. Stage 2 was conducted 3 to 13 days later (the 
 average was 6.5 days) and involved baseline information gathering about 
 the events in the film, application of the assigned treatment, and 
 post-treatment written recall of the events. Data were collected from 
 the written narratives provided by subjects and from an oral forced 
 recall of events in a post-experimental interview. Variables in File 1 
 include total information (correct, incorrect, confabulations, and 
 attributions) as well as new information given in the post-treatment 
 written narrative. The remaining variables in File 1 include score on 
 Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A (HGSHS:A), 
 repressor status, and the number of days between viewing the film and 
 completing the baseline and post-treatment interviews. Variables in 
 File 2 were derived from the post-experimental oral forced recall 
 interview and include total correct and incorrect responses and 
 confidence ratings for correct and incorrect responses. The unit of 
observation is the individual.
Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Infant Assessment Unit, Wave 1, 1995-1997

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. Part of
the Longitudinal Cohort Study was the Infant Assessment Unit (IAU).
The objective of the IAU was to observe how prenatal and postnatal
conditions affect the health and cognitive functioning of infants
during the first year of life. Consisting of several instruments, the
IAU sought to measure infant cognition and quantify the experiences of
the sampled infants from Cohort 0 during their first 12 months of
life. Additionally, the IAU examined the circumstances surrounding the
mother's pregnancy and the subsequent care received by the infant.
Organized Crime Business Activities and Their Implications for Law Enforcement, 1986-1987

This project was undertaken to investigate organized 
 criminal groups and the types of business activities in which they 
 engage. The focus (unit of analysis) was on the organized groups rather 
 than their individual members. The project assessed the needs of these 
 groups in pursuing their goals and considered the operations used to 
 implement or carry out their activities. The data collected address 
 some of the following issues: (1) Are business operations (including 
 daily operations, acquiring ownership, and structuring the 
 organization) of organized criminal groups conducted in a manner 
 paralleling legitimate business ventures? (2) Should investigating and 
 prosecuting white-collar crime be a central way of proceeding against 
 organized criminal groups? (3) What are the characteristics of the 
 illegal activities of organized criminal groups? (4) In what ways are 
 legal activities used by organized criminal groups to pursue income 
 from illegal activities? (5) What is the purpose of involvement in 
 legal activities for organized criminal groups? (6) What services are 
 used by organized criminal groups to implement their activities? 
 Variables include information on the offense actually charged against 
 the criminal organization in the indictments or complaints, other 
 illegal activities participated in by the organization, and the 
 judgments against the organization requested by law enforcement 
 agencies. These judgments fall into several categories: monetary relief 
 (such as payment of costs of investigation and recovery of stolen or 
 misappropriated funds), equitable relief (such as placing the business 
 in receivership or establishment of a victim fund), restraints on 
 actions (such as prohibiting participation in labor union activities or 
 further criminal involvement), and forfeitures (such as forfeiting 
 assets in pension funds or bank accounts). Other variables include the 
 organization's participation in business-type activities--both illegal 
 and legal, the organization's purpose for providing legal goods and 
 services, the objectives of the organization, the market for the 
 illegal goods and services provided by the organization, the 
 organization's assets, the business services it requires, how it 
 financially provides for its members, the methods it uses to acquire 
ownership, indicators of its ownership, and the nature of its victims.
Impact of Victimization in the Lives of Incarcerated Women in South Carolina, 2000-2002

This study examined victimization in the lives of
 incarcerated women, specifically victimization as a risk factor for
 crime, with particular emphasis on the direct and indirect ways in
 which the impact of victimization contributed to criminal involvement.
 Interviews were conducted with 60 women incarcerated in a maximum
 security state correctional facility in South Carolina from October
 2001 to August 2002. Interview measures consisted of participant
 responses to loosely-structured open-ended prompts and addressed each
 woman's own perspective on psychological, physical, and sexual
 victimization within her life, as well as her history of family and
 peer relationships, alcohol and drug use, and criminal activity. The
 South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) provided demographic
 and criminal history information for each prospective participant,
 including participants, no-shows, and decliners (Part 1) and for the
 female prison population without the prospective participants (Part
 2). These data were used for sampling decisions and provide
 descriptive information on sample characteristics. In addition the
 SCDC provided inmate data on offenses committed while in the SCDC
 (Part 3), disciplinary actions at the SCDC (Part 4), education through
 the SCDC (Part 5), and known prior offenses (Part 6). The project also
 conducted online searches in NewsLibrary for media reports concerning
 women who participated in the study. Variables include age, race,
 number of children, marital status, criminal offense history,
 correctional disciplinary records, probation/parole information,
 victim/witness notification, corrections program participation,
 intelligence scores, math and reading scores, basic academic
history/degrees, mental health assessment, and special medical needs.
Process Evaluation of the Gender Appropriateness of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Program at Baylor Women's Correctional Institute, 1999-2001

The overall goals of the process evaluation were to assess
 the participants' views on the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
 (RSAT), a Therapeutic Community program at Baylor Women's Correctional
 Institute, and to determine whether the women thought the program met
 their needs specifically based on gender. The specific goals of the
 study were: (1) to determine drop-out points along the continuum of
 the treatment model and to review the case files to discover any
 patterns in client participation and review demographic data in the
 program, and (2) to assess what current participants thought about the
 program and treatment model. For Part 1, Recent Graduate Data, data
 were secured from case files of women who had been discharged from the
 Therapeutic Community (Key Village) program in Baylor Women's
 Correctional Institute in 1999. This analysis was used to prepare the
 survey instrument used for the interviews given to the women currently
 participating in the program. For Part 2, Client Assessment
 Satisfaction Data, the current residents of the program were
 interviewed. During fall of 2000 and spring of 2001, a survey was
 developed to assess how the current participants viewed the Key
 Program. The questions were intended to gather information to assess
 the gender appropriateness of the program. A database was constructed
 to search for any consistencies or variables that would address the
 issue of gender appropriateness or lack of such in the operation of
 the program from the participants' point of view. During the interview
 period there were a total of 88 women in the Key Program. Of the 88
 women, 76 agreed to participate in the study. For Part 1, the
 variables cover demographic data, criminal history information,
 medical information, prior drug treatment histories, and program
 success or failure. Part 2 variables cover demographic information,
 and questions dealing with prior drug use, the first four weeks of the
 program, the confrontation aspects of the program, sanctions and
 program rules, staff/participant interaction, program activities and
 responsibilities as opposed to the general population, readiness for
 change, support systems, children's visits and children as motivation,
 physical aspects of the program, mental health, the need for
 additional vocational and educational services, significant aspects
and experiences from the program, and desired changes to the program.
Pennsylvania Sentencing Data, 1998

The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing is a legislative
 agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that develops sentencing
 guidelines for judges to use when sentencing felony and misdemeanor
 offenses. The judges then report sentences to the Commission on a
 Guideline Sentence Form. This data collection reflects all felonies
 and misdemeanors reported to the Commission that were sentenced during
 calendar year 1998. The data are contained in four files reflecting
 three sets of sentencing guidelines. The 1991 sentencing guidelines
 pertain to all offenses committed on or after August 9, 1991, up until
 the time that the 1994 guidelines became effective. The 1994
 sentencing guidelines became effective for all offenses committed on
 or after August 12, 1994. The 1997 sentencing guidelines became
 effective for all offenses committed on or after June 13, 1997. In
 this data collection, the variable "GLEPOCH" denotes which set of
 guidelines pertained to the offense. Because the 1997 guidelines
 differ significantly from the 1991 and 1994 guidelines, sentences
 under the 1997 guidelines are reported in separate datasets. Parts 1
 and 2, Records Data, provide information on each offender, including
 rudimentary demographic characteristics and prior offense
 history. Parts 3 and 4, Offense Data, contain information on each
 offense, including the statutory citation for the offense, the Offense
 Gravity Score assigned by the Commission, the offender's Prior Record
 Score, and the sentence given the offender. Parts 1 and 3 contain data
 from cases sentenced under the 1991 and 1994 guidelines, while Parts 2
and 4 contain data from cases sentenced under the 1997 guidelines.
Outcome Evaluation of the Forever Free Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Program at the California Institution for Women, 1997-2000  

This study was an outcome evaluation of the Forever Free
 Substance Abuse Treatment Program at the California Institution for
 Women (CIW). Data were collected from 119 women who entered Forever
 Free between October 1997 and June 1998. Comparison data were
 collected from 96 women enrolled in Life Plan for Recovery, an
 eight-week substance abuse education course at CIW, between April and
 November 1998. Program participants completed an intake questionnaire,
 approximately one month after the beginning of treatment, designed to
 collect information on background, therapeutic alliance with
 counselors, group identification with fellow participants, treatment
 motivation, and psychological status. Members of the comparison group
 completed an intake form that collected background information.
 Treatment participants completed a pre-release form before leaving the
 program, which collected information on clients' therapeutic alliance
 with their counselors, psychological status, drug-related locus of
 control, and post-release treatment plans. Women in both groups
 participated in 12-month follow-up interviews between September 1999
 and August 2000, which were used to update background information and
 collect information on subjects' relationships with their children,
 drug use since release, substance abuse treatment since release,
 vocational training since release, services needed and received,
 social support, current treatment motivation, psychological status,
 and drug-related locus of control. Reincarceration data for the entire
 sample were obtained from the Offender-Based Information System, a
database maintained by the California Department of Corrections.
International and Domestic Trends in Sex Trafficking of Women in the United States, 1999-2000

This study by the Coalition Against Trafficking Women was
 the first to research both contemporary international and domestic
 trafficking of women for sexual exploitation in the United States and
 to include primary research information from interviews with
 trafficked and prostituted women in the sex industry. Telephone and
 personal interviews were conducted with people who had experience with
 or knowledge of sex trafficking in the United States. This data
 collection consists of the verbatim questions and responses from the
 following groups of individuals who were interviewed: (1)
 international and United States women who had been or were in the sex
 industry in the United States, (2) law enforcement officials who had
 experience and expertise in sex-industry related cases or immigration,
 (3) social service workers who provided services to women in
 prostitution or might have come into contact with women from the sex
 industry and those providing services to immigrant populations, and
 (4) health care workers who provided services to women in prostitution
 or who may have come into contact with women in the sex industry. The
 research framework was developed to follow the path of trafficked
 women from their hometown, through their experiences in the sex
 industry, to their present place in life. Information was collected
 on trafficked women's backgrounds, roles and activities while in the
 sex industry, how they were controlled, and how they coped with their
 situations. Respondents were also asked about experiences with
 recruiters, traffickers, pimps, and customers. Additional information
 was gathered on the respondents' views on policies regarding
 trafficking and prostitution, the organization of the sex industry,
 and health and legal aspects of the business. Questionnaires for each
 group of interviewees were constructed according to the topics about
which each group would most likely have knowledge or experience.
Evaluation of a Truancy Reduction Program in Nashville, Tennessee, 1998-2000  

The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency in Nashville, 
 Tennessee, received a National Institute of Justice grant to study the 
 effectiveness of Nashville's Juvenile Court Truancy Reduction Program (TRP). 
 The goals of the TRP were to increase attendance and to get children 
 safely to and from school. While habitual truancy, also referred to 
 as chronic absenteeism, was legally defined under the Juvenile Offender Act 
 of the State of Tennessee as five or more aggregate, unexcused absences in 
 the course of a school year, the TRP operationally defined students at risk 
 of truancy as those who had three unexcused absences in a school year. The 
 intent of TRP was to intervene before the student was adjudicated habitually 
 truant, so once a student had a third unexcused absence, the child was placed 
 on the TRP caseload. TRP staff would then intervene with a variety of 
 services, including home visits, community advisory boards, a suspension 
 school, and a summer program. The evaluation study was designed to test the following 
 hypotheses: (1) students who participated in TRP would increase their 
 attendance rates, and (2) students who participated in TRP and other community 
 services that were part of the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program 
 network would increase their attendance rates at higher rates than students 
 who participated in TRP alone. The targeted population for this study 
 consisted of child and youth residents from five of the six public housing communities 
 that participated in TRP. These communities also represented the public 
 housing communities with the highest crime rates in Nashville, and  included five of the eight 
 total family public housing developments there. All kindergarten through 8th-grade 
 students from the targeted communities who began participating in 
 TRP during the 1998-1999 or 1999-2000 school years were included in 
 the study. The TRP served over 400 kindergarten through 8th-grade students during the two school years included in this study.
 Students who had all of the required data elements were 
 included in the analyses. Required data elements included TRP entry 
 date and school entry and exit dates. Students also had to have begun 
 TRP during the study period. Variables include students' grade, gender, 
 race, age, school enrollment date, TRP program entry date, bus eligibility, 
 other program participation, attendance records for every school day during 
 the two years of the study, and aggregated counts of attendance and 
truant behavior.