Predicting recidivism in North Carolina, 1978 and 1980
By: principal investigators, Peter Schmidt and Ann D. Witte
Series: ICPSR -- 8987; ICPSR (Series) -- 8987
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Recidivists; Prediction of Criminal behavior
Description: This data collection examines the relationship between individual characteristics and recidivism for two cohorts of inmates released from North Carolina prisons in 1978 and 1980. The survey contains questions on the background of the offenders, including their involvement in drugs or alcohol, level of schooling, nature of the crime resulting in the sample conviction, number of prior incarcerations and recidivism following release from the sample incarceration. The data collection also contains information on the length of time until recidivism occurs.
Notes: Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: July 1, 1977-June 30, 1978 and July 1, 1979-June 30, 1980. Data collected: April 1984.

North Carolina Department of Corrections records.

Event/transaction.

North Carolina.

United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice. NIJ 84-IJ-CX-0021.

Card image data format. For 1978 data, 4,709 individual records were missing one or more variables and placed in a missing data file. The other 4,618 observations, which contained complete information, were randomly split into an estimation sample of 1,540 observations and a validation sample of 3,078. For 1980 data, 3,810 individual records were missing information on one or more variables and were placed in a missing data file. The other 5,739 observations, which contained complete information, were randomly split into an estimation sample of 1,435 observations and a validation sample of 4,304 observations.

Machine-readable documentation. Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; part name: 1978 Data ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 9,327 ; variable count: 19 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 2 ; part name: 1980 Data ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 9,549 ; variable count: 19 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Universe: All individuals released from North Carolina prisons during the periods of July 1, 1977, through June 30, 1978, and July 1, 1979, through June 30, 1980.

Schmidt, P., and A.D. Witte. Predicting recidivism using survival models. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.