Details

Subject(s)

• Crime prevention—Arizona—Maricopa County [Browse]
• Crime prevention—California—Los Angeles County [Browse]
• Drug abuse and crime—Arizona—Maricopa County [Browse]
• Drug abuse and crime—California—Los Angeles County [Browse]

Related name

• Cohen, Jacqueline [Browse]
• Nagin, Daniel S., 1948- [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 6374. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 6374

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 objective of this study was to examine the observable offending patterns of recent and past drug offenders to assess the crime control potential associated with recent increases in the incarceration of drug offenders. The periods examined were 1986 (representing the second half of the 1980s, when dramatic shifts toward increasing incarceration of drug offenders first became evident), and 1990 (after escalating sentences were well under way). Convicted offenders were the focus, since these cases are most directly affected by changes in imprisonment policies, particularly provisions for mandatory prison terms. Offending patterns of convicted and imprisoned drug offenders were contrasted to patterns of convicted robbers and burglars, both in and out of prison. The researchers used data from the National Judicial Reporting Program (NJRP), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), for information on the court processing of individual felony convictions. The National Association of Criminal Justice Planners (NACJP), which maintains data for the approximately 50 counties included in the NJRP, was contracted to determine the counties to be sampled (Los Angeles County and Maricopa County in Arizona were chosen) and to provide individual criminal histories. Variables include number of arrests for robbery, violent crimes, property crimes, and other felonies, number of drug arrests, number of misdemeanor arrests, rate of violent, property, robbery, weapons, other felony, drug, and misdemeanor arrests, offense type (drug trafficking, drug possession, robbery, and burglary), total number of incarcerations, total number of convictions, whether sentenced to prison, jail, or probation, incarceration sentence in months, sex, race, and age at sampled conviction, and age at first arrest (starting at age 17).... Cf.: http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06374.xml

Notes

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

Type of data

4 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements

Geographic coverage

Arizona, California, United States

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. NationalInstitute of Justice. 91-IJ-CX-K015

System details

Mode of access: Intranet.

Methodology note

• Data source: Data on felony convictions were obtained from the National Judicial Reporting Program for 1986 and 1990. Data on prior criminal records were obtained from the National Association of Criminal Justice Planners.
• Data source: National Judicial Reporting Program (NJRP) and the National Association of Criminal Justice Planners (NACJP)
• Universe: All convicted and imprisoned drug offenders in the United States.

Contents

Part 1: 1986 Maricopa County Data; Part 2: 1990 Maricopa County Data; Part 3: 1986 Los Angeles County Data; Part 4: 1990 Los Angeles County Data; Part 5: Codebook for All Parts and User Guide; Part 6: SPSS Data Definition Statements for All Parts; Part 7: SAS Data Definition Statements for All Parts

Other format(s)

Also available as downloadable files.

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