Details

Subject(s)

• Firearms—Law and legislation—Michigan [Browse]
• Violent crimes—Michigan—Statistics [Browse]

Related name

• Heumann, Milton [Browse]
• Loftin, Colin [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Statistics [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 8509. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 8509

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

The purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of the Michigan Firearm Law on the processing of defendants in Detroit's Recorder's Court. Most variables in the study focus on the defendant and on court processing decisions made at different stages. Special attention was given to determining the presence and use of firearms and other weapons in each offense. Variables included are gender and race of the defendant, original charges, type of counsel, amount of bail, felony firearm charged, number of convictions, race of the victim, firearm used, judge, and sentence.

Notes

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

Type of data

1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + database 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: 1976; and end: 1978.

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. NationalInstitute of Justice. 78-NI-AX-0021, and 79-NI-AX-0094

System details

Mode of access: Internet.

Methodology note

Universe: All defendants listed in Recorder's Court Docket Control records who were arraigned for a violent felony.

Contents

Part 1: Data File

Other format(s)

Also available as downloadable files.

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