Transitional Aid Research Project (TARP), 1976-1977
By: principal investigator, Peter Rossi
Series: ICPSR -- 7874; ICPSR (Series) -- 7874
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Transitional Aid Research Project; Prison release gratuities; Ex-convicts; Rehabilitation
Description: The Transitional Aid Research Project (TARP) was an experiment conducted in Texas and Georgia. Stratified random samples of inmates were assigned, at the time of release from prison, to experimental and control groups. The groups varied in the amount of money and job placement services they received upon their release. Originally, the data were recorded in nine files for each state, corresponding to each of the nine different sources of information for each TARP case. These files included each inmate's prison history, data from four interviews, state arrest data, record of TARP payments, social security wages and parole records. The ICPSR dataset has combined these into one file for each state.
Notes: Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class II.

Data collected: 1976-1977.

Texas and Georgia.

The TARP data are available from ICPSR in two formats: a card image file and an OSIRIS dataset. The OSIRIS dataset consists of a single logical record for each case.

1,590 variables for each of 1,975 cases in the Texas file and 1,921 variables for each of 2,007 cases in the Georgia file.