Deterrent effects of punishment on crime rates, 1959-1960
By: principal investigator, Isaac Ehrlich
Series: ICPSR -- 7716; ICPSR (Series) -- 7716
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Prison sentences; Criminal statistics
Description: This is a study of major crimes committed in 47 states of the United States (New Jersey, Alaska, and Hawaii were excluded). For each state the reported crime rates were determined for each of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's seven index crimes: murder, rape, assault, larceny, robbery, burglary, and auto theft. In addition, the probability of prison commitment and the average time served by those sentenced were determined and are reported for each of the index crimes. A number of socio-economic variables, along with per capita police expenditures for 1959 and 1960, are reported in the dataset. A second edition of this data exists: format conversion errors were corrected and the codebook now includes descriptive 24-character variable names and an appendix which lists the definitions for the crime classifications used in the collection.
Notes: Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class II.

Data collected: 1960.

United States.

66 variables for 47 cases.

Ehrlich, Isaac. "Participation in Illegitimate Activities: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation," Journal of Political Economy, May/June 1973, pp. 521-565.

Vandaele, W. "Participation in Illegitimate Activities: Ehrlich Revisted," in Blumstein, A., J. Cohen, D. Nagin, eds., Deterrence and Incapacitation: Estimating the Effects of Criminal Sanctions on Crime Rates, Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1978, pp. 319-335.