Details

Related name

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 4079. [More in this series]
• ICPSR ; 4079

Restrictions note

Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

Summary note

This project's main goal was to develop an analytical framework that could be used for analysis of rare crimes observed at local (intra-city) levels of geographic aggregation. To demonstrate the application of this framework to a real-world issue, this project analyzed the occurrence of different types of homicide at both the census tract and neighborhood cluster level in Chicago. Homicide counts for Chicago's 865 census tracts for 1989-1991 were obtained from HOMICIDES IN CHICAGO, 1965-1995 (ICPSR 6399), Part 1: Victim Level Data. The types of homicide examined were gang-related, instrumental, family-related expressive, known person expressive, stranger expressive, and other. Demographic and socioeconomic data at the census tract level for the year 1990 were obtained from the Neighborhood Change Database (NCDB) at the Urban Institute. Part 1 contains these data, as initially obtained, at the census tract level. Part 2 contains an aggregated version of the same data for Chicago's 343 neighborhood clusters as defined by the Project on Human Development in Chicago's Neighborhoods.

Notes

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on August 22, 2006).

Type of data

Extent of collection: 2 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

Time and place of event

• Date(s) of collection: 2004.
• Time period: 1989-1991.

Geographic coverage

Geographic coverage: Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Funding information

• Funding agency: United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice.
• Grant number: 2002-IJ-CX-0006.

System details

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: Logical Record Length with SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files, SAS transport file, and SPSS portable file.
• Extent of processing: ICPSR produced a codebook, generated SAS and SPSS data definition statements, and reformatted the data and documentation.

Methodology note

• Data source: data on homicide counts were obtained from HOMICIDES IN CHICAGO, 1965-1995 (ICPSR 6399), Part 1: Victim Level Data. Data on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics were obtained from the Neighborhood Change Database maintained by the Urban Institute.
• Sample: inap.
• Universe: part 1: Chicago's 1990 census tracts. Part 2: Chicago's neighborhood clusters as defined by the Project on Human Development in Chicago's Neighborhoods.

Rights and reproductions note

Restrictions: to protect respondent privacy, certain identifying information in Part 2 is restricted from general dissemination. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Data Transfer Agreement Form and specify the reasons for the request. The Data Transfer Agreement Form is available as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file from the NACJD Web site at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/Private/private.pdf (link). A copy of the Data Transfer Agreement Form can also be requested by calling 800-999-0960. Completed forms should be returned by mail to: Director, National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research, P.O. Box 1248, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, or by fax to 734-647-8200.

Cite as

Bhati, Avinash Singh. SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF RARE CRIMES: HOMICIDES IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1989-1991 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004.

OCLC

61156135

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