Guardian Angels
Subtitle: citizen response to crime in selected cities of the United States, 1984
By: principal investigators, Susan Pennell, Christine Curtis and Joel Henderson
Series: ICPSR -- 8935; ICPSR (Series) -- 8935
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Subjects: Public opinion; Crime prevention; Citizen participation; Local transit crime; Prevention; Guardian Angels (Organization)
Description: This study was designed to assess the effects of the activities of the Guardian Angels on citizens' fear of crime, incidence of crime, and police officers' perceptions of the Guardian Angels. The data, which were collected in several large American cities, provide information useful for evaluating the activities of the Guardian Angels from the perspectives of transit riders, residents, merchants, and police officers. Respondents who were transit riders were asked to provide information on their knowledge of and contacts with the Angels, attitudes toward the group, feelings of safety on public transit, victimization experience, and demographic characteristics. Police officers were asked about their knowledge of the Angels, attitudes toward the group, opinions regarding the benefits and effectiveness of the group, and law enforcement experiences. Data for residents and merchants include demographic characteristics, general problems in the neighborhood, opinions regarding crime problems, crime prevention activities, fear of crime, knowledge of the Angels, attitudes toward the group, and victimization experiences.
Notes: Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: 1984-1985. Data collected: August 1984-February 1985.

Personal interviews, and self-enumerated forms.

Survey data.

United States.

United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice. 83-IJ-CX-0037.

Card Image data format.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; part name: Transit Riders ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 286 ; variable count: 22 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 2 ; part name: Police Officers ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 444 ; variable count: 26 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 3 ; part name: Residents ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 130 ; variable count: 105 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 2.

Part number: 4 ; part name: Merchants ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 110 ; variable count: 115 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 2.

Part 1: Convenience sample of users of public transportation. Part 2: Convenience sample of patrol officers present for duty on date of survey. Part 3: Random sampling of housing units. Respondents were selected from within selected housing units. Part 4: Random selection of businesses.

Universe: Part 1: Transit riders in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, and New York City. Part 2: Patrol officers in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York City, Sacramento, and San Francisco. Part 3: Housing units in an area of 86 city blocks in downtown San Diego. Part 4: Businesses in the downtown San Diego area that were open between 7 and 11 pm.

Pennell, Susan, Christine Curtis, and Joel Henderson. Guardian Angels: an assessment of citizen response to crime: volume 1 - executive summary. San Diego: San Diego Association of Governments, 1985.

Pennell, Susan, Christine Curtis, and Joel Henderson. Guardian Angels: an assessment of citizen response to crime: volume 2 - technical report. San Diego: San Diego Association of Governments, 1985.

Pennell, Susan, Christine Curtis, and Joel Henderson. Guardian Angels: an assessment of citizen repsonse to crime: volume 3 - research methodology and data collection instruments. San Diego: San Diego Association of Governments, 1985.