DOI: 10.3886/icpsr36596.v1
title: Exploratory Research on the Impact of the Growing Oil Industry in North Dakota and Montana on Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking, 2000-2015
title: Version 1

description: 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 used secondary analysis of data from several different sources to examine the impact of increased oil development on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (DVDVSAS) in the Bakken region of Montana and North Dakota. Distributed here are the code used for the secondary analysis data; the data are not available through other public means. Please refer to the User Guide distributed with this study for a list of instructions on how to obtain all other data used in this study.
This collection contains a secondary analysis of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). UCR data serve as periodic nationwide assessments of reported crimes not available elsewhere in the criminal justice system. Each year, participating law enforcement agencies contribute reports to the FBI either directly or through their state reporting programs. Distributed here are the codes used to create the datasets and preform the secondary analysis. Please refer to the User Guide, distributed with this study, for more information.
This collection contains a secondary analysis of the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS), a component part of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR) and an incident-based reporting system for crimes known to the police. For each crime incident coming to the attention of law enforcement, a variety of data were collected about the incident. These data included the nature and types of specific offenses in the incident, characteristics of the victim(s) and offender(s), types and value of property stolen and recovered, and characteristics of persons arrested in connection with a crime incident. NIBRS collects data on each single incident and arrest within 22 offense categories, made up of 46 specific crimes called Group A offenses. In addition, there are 11 Group B offense categories for which only arrest data were reported. NIBRS data on different aspects of crime incidents such as offenses, victims, offenders, arrestees, etc., can be examined as different units of analysis. Distributed here are the codes used to create the datasets and preform the secondary analysis. Please refer to the User Guide, distributed with this study, for more information.
The collection includes 17 SPSS syntax files.
Qualitative data collected for this study are not available as part of the data collection at this time.
description: The goal of this study was to examine the impact of increased oil development on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (DVDVSAS) in the Bakken region of Montana and North Dakota. The questions the researchers sought to answer were:

Have incidents of DVDVSAS increased since the oil boom?; 
Are any observed changes commensurate with population growth?; 
Are any changes unique to oil-impacted communities?; 
Can maps depict the relationship between crime hot spots and changing population demographics?; 
What are the characteristics of victims and offenders and the nature of victims' experiences?; 
How has oil development impacted perceptions of DVDVSAS among victims, criminal justice personnel, direct victim service providers, health care providers, general human service providers, tribal community members, oil industry personnel, and community members?; 
What is the effectiveness of legal (criminal and civil justice), oil industry, and health/human service delivery policies and procedures?;
description: A mixed-methods approach was used that combined the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. Investigators collected and analyzed existing data on related crimes, data from state and local agencies that provide services to victims of interpersonal violence, audio-recorded interviews and focus groups with a wide variety of individuals in the region, and relevant public policies.
For the quantitative data, population demographics were retrieved from the US Census (2000-2014). Data on registered sex offenders (RSOs) were obtained from
the Final Summary Overview: "Exploratory Research on the Impact of the Growing Oil Industry in North Dakota and Montana on Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking", the North Dakota Attorney General (2010-2015) and Montana Department of Justice (2008-2014).
Data on DVDVSAS came from the following sources:

Uniform Crime Report (UCR) summary statistics on rape (2002-2014);; 
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS): victim-level data on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and intimidation/stalking (2002-2014);; 
ND Council on Abused Women's Services (ND CAWS): statistics on the number of domestic violence and sexual assault victims served by their programs (2001-2014); and ; 
Automated Victims' Information Database (AVID) -Information maintained by the Montana Bureau of Crime Control (MBCC) on the number of clients with primary victimizations that were classified as domestic violence or partner/family member assault, sexual assaults, and stalking served by various funded programs (2010-2015).; 
The UCR and NIBRS also provided information on populations served by specific law enforcement agencies, which were used for rate computations.
description: This study contains 17 SPSS syntax files. Variables included in the syntax files relate to intimidation, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, violent offenses, relationship of victim to offender, and stalking. Also included are computed variables to determine incident rates and averages, as well as to identify oil impacted counties in the data.
description: Presence of Common Scales: 
					None.
description: Response Rates: 
					Not applicable.
description: Datasets: 
					
						DS1: Dataset
description: record abstracts
description: face-to-face interview
description: mixed mode
description: County law enforcement agencies in the United States, law enforcement agencies in the United States participating in the National Incident-Based Reporting System, programs reporting to the North Dakota Council on Abused Women's Services (ND CAWS), programs reporting to the Montana Board of Crime Control (MBCC), counties with registered sex offenders in North Dakota and Montana, and counties in North Dakota that produce oil.
				   		Smallest Geographic Unit: County