Details

Subject(s)

• Crime prevention—United States [Browse]
• Punishment in crime deterrence—United States [Browse]
• United States [Browse]

Related name

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

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 7973. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 7973

Restrictions note

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

Summary note

Emerging from the tradition of econometric models of deterrence and crime, this study attempts to improve estimates of how crime rates are affected by the apprehension and punishment of persons charged with criminal activity. These data are contained in two files: Part 1, State Data, consists of a panel of observations from each of the 50 states and contains information on crime rates, clearance rates, length of time served, probability of imprisonment, socioeconomic factors such as unemployment rates, population levels, and income levels, and state and local expenditures for police protection. Part 2, SMSA Data, consists of a panel of 77 SMSAs and contains information on crime rates, clearance rates, length of time served, probability of imprisonment, socioeconomic factors such as employment rates, population levels, and income levels, and taxation and expenditure information.

Notes

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.

Type of data

2 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system

Time and place of event

Start: 1960; and end: 1977.

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice. 79-NI-AX-0015

System details

Mode of access: Internet.

Contents

Part 1: State Data; Part 2: SMSA Data

Other format(s)

Also available as downloadable files.

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