Details

Subject(s)

• Bank robberies—United States—Statistics [Browse]
• Punishment in crime deterrence—United States [Browse]
• Robbery—United States—Statistics [Browse]

Related name

• Camp, George M. [Browse]
• Gould, LeRoy [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Statistics [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 8260. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 8260

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

This study was designed to explain variations in crime rates and to examine the deterrent effects of sanctions on crime. The study concentrated on bank robberies, but it also examined burglaries and other kinds of robberies. In examining these effects the study condidered three sets of factors: (1) Economic considerations-- the cost/benefit factors that individuals consider in deciding whether or not to perform a crime, (2) Degree of anomie--the amount of alienation and isolation individuals feel toward society and the effect of these feelings on the individuals' performing a crime, and (3) Opportunity--the effect of exposure, attractiveness, and degree of guardianship on an object being taken. These factors were explored by gathering information on such topics as: crime clearance rates, arrests, and sentences, bank attributes, and socioeconomic and demographic information.

Notes

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

Type of data

1 data file

Time and place of event

Start: 1970; and end: 1975.

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice 79-NI-AX-0117

System details

Mode of access: Intranet.

Methodology note

• Data source: (1) FBI Uniform Crime Reports, (2) National Crime Survey data, (3) FBI Bank Robbery Division - state statistics, (4) FBI Bank Robber Unit - individual statistics, (5) U.S. Census, (6) Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, (7) FBI's NCIC CCH data file tape, (8) Federal Regulatory Agencies - FDIC and Federal Home Loan Band Board, (9) data collected by Thomas F. Pogue, Department of Economics, University of Iowa, '' Econometric Analysis of the Deterrent Effects of Arrest and Imprisonment,'' and (10) Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Universe: Bank robberies in the fifty states, 1970-1975.

Contents

Part 1: Data File

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