Characteristics of High and Low Crime Neighborhoods in Atlanta, 1980 [electronic resource] / Stephanie Greenberg

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Data file
Language
English
Εdition
ICPSR Version, 2005-11-04.
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1984.
Description
2 data files + machine-readable documentation (text) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system + data collection instrument

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Use of these data are restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
Summary note
This study examines the question of how some urban neighborhoods maintain a low crime rate despite their proximity and similarity to relatively high crime areas. The purpose of the study is to investigate differences in various dimensions of the concept of territoriality (spatial identity, local ties, social cohesion, informal social control) and physical characteristics (land use, housing, street type, boundary characteristics) in three pairs of neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia. The study neighborhoods were selected by locating pairs of adjacent neighborhoods with distinctly different crime levels. The criteria for selection, other than the difference in crime rates and physical adjacency, were comparable racial composition and comparable economic status. This data collection is divided into two files. Part 1, Atlanta Plan File, contains information on every parcel of land within the six neighborhoods in the study. The variables include ownership, type of land use, physical characteristics, characteristics of structures, and assessed value of each parcel of land within the six neighborhoods. This file was used in the data analysis to measure a number of physical characteristics of parcels and blocks in the study neighborhoods, and as the sampling frame for the household survey. The original data were collected by the City of Atlanta Planning Bureau. Part 2, Atlanta Survey File, contains the results of a household survey administered to a stratified random sample of households within each of the study neighborhoods. Variables cover respondents' attitudes and behavior related to the neighborhood, fear of crime, avoidance and protective measures, and victimization experiences. Crime rates, land use, and housing characteristics of the block in which the respondent resided were coded onto each case record.... Cf.: http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/07951.xml
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Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.
Type of data
2 data files + machine-readable documentation (text) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system + data collection instrument
Time and place of event
Start: 1980-08; and end: 1980-10.
Funding information
United States Department of Justice. NationalInstitute of Justice. 79-NI-AX-0080
System details
Mode of access: Internet.
Methodology note
Universe: Three pairs of adjacent neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia.
Contents
Part 1: Atlanta Plan File; Part 2: Atlanta Survey File
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Also available as downloadable files.
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