Details

Subject(s)

• Crime analysis—California [Browse]
• Criminal behavior, Prediction of. [Browse]
• Recidivists—California [Browse]
• United States [Browse]

Related name

• Haapanen, Rudy A. [Browse]
• Jesness, Carl F. [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 8226. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 8226

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

Patterns of adult criminal behavior are examined in this data collection. Data covering the adult years of peak criminal activity (from approximately 18 to 26 years of age) were obtained from samples of delinquent youths who had been incarcerated in three California Youth Authority institutions during the 1960s: Preston, Fricot, and the Northern California Youth Center. Data were obtained from three sources: official arrest records of the California Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (CII), supplementary data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the California Bureau of Vital Statistics. Follow-up data were collected between 1978 and 1981. There are two files per sample site. The first is a background data file containing information obtained while the subjects were housed in Youth Authority institutions, and the second is a follow-up history offense file containing data from arrest records. Each individual is identified by a unique ID number, which is the same in the background and offense history files.... Cf.: http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08226.xml

Notes

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

Type of data

6 data files + machine-readable documentation (text) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements + data collection instruments

Time and place of event

Start: 1978; and end: 1980.

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice. 79-IJ-AX-0114

System details

Mode of access: Intranet.

Methodology note

• Data source: inmate files of the California Youth Authority, and official arrest records of the California Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the California Bureau of Vital Statistics
• Universe: All juvenile inmates in California who were incarcerated in the 1960s in institutions of the California Youth Authority.

Contents

Part 1: Preston Background Data; Part 2: Northern California Youth Center Background Data; Part 3: Fricot Background Data; Part 4: Preston Follow-Up Arrest History Data; Part 5: Northern California Youth Center Follow-Up Arrest History Data; Part 6: Fricot Follow-Up Arrest History Data; Part 7: Codebook for All Parts; Part 8: SAS Data Definition Statements for Preston Background Data; Part 9: SAS Data Definition Statements for Northern California Youth Center Background Data; Part 10: SAS Data Definition Statements for Fricot Background Data; Part 11: SAS Data Definition Statements for Preston Follow-Up Arrest History Data; Part 12: SAS Data Definition Statements for Northern California Youth Center Follow-Up Arrest History Data; Part 13: SAS Data Definition Statements for Fricot Follow-Up Arrest History Data

Other format(s)

Also available as downloadable files.

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