Governmental responses to crime in the United States, 1948-1978
By: principal investigator, Herbert Jacob
Series: ICPSR -- 8076; ICPSR (Series) -- 8076
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Crime; Administration of Criminal justice
Description: The Governmental Responses to Crime Project was initiated in October 1978, as a result of the rising crime rate in the United States and the wide variety of programs seeking to contain it. The project investigated the growth of crime and the ways in which local governments responded to crime during the period from 1948 to 1978 by analyzing policy responses to the rise in crime in 10 American cities: Atlanta, Boston, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Newark, Oakland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and San Jose. The major areas of research included the nature of the rise in crime in the U.S., attentiveness to crime, connections between structures and patterns of urban governments and their responses to crime, and urban communities' principal responses to crime. This data collection is contained in 5 parts: Baseline, Ten City, Local Ordinances, State Laws, and Media Data. There are eighteen files: five contain SPSS control statements and the remaining thirteen files contain the corresponding data. The baseline data file contains information on all cities having a population of 50,000 or more in 1950, 1960, 1970, or 1975. These data constitute a baseline with which the 10 cities can be compared to other cities in the United States.
Notes: Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class II.

Chronological coverage: 1948-1978.

United States.

Baseline data files: 12,276 cases, 57 variables; City files: 310 cases, 58 variables, logical record length of 361; City ordinance file: 422 cases, 37 variables, logical record length of 255; State laws file: 533 cases, 45 variables; City files: approximately 670 cases each, 140 variables, logical record length of 422.