Details

Subject(s)

• Crime prevention—New Jersey—Newark [Browse]
• Crime prevention—Texas—Houston [Browse]
• Fear of crime—New Jersey—Newark [Browse]
• Fear of crime—Texas—Houston [Browse]

Related name

• Annan, Sampson [Browse]
• Pate, Antony [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 8496. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 8496

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

Households and establishments in seven neighborhoods in Houston, Texas, and Newark, New Jersey, were surveyed to determine the extent of victimization experiences and crime prevention measures in these areas. Citizens' attitudes toward the police were also examined. Baseline data were collected to determine residents' perceptions of crime, victimization experiences, crime-avoidance behavior, and level of satisfaction with the quality of life in their neighborhoods (Parts 1 and 3). Follow-up surveys were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of experimental police programs designed to reduce the fear of crime within the communities. These results are presented in Parts 2 and 4. In Part 5, questions similar to those in the baseline survey were posed to two groups of victims who reported crimes to the police. One group had received a follow-up call to provide the victim with information, assistance, and reassurance that someone cared, and the other was a control group of victims that had not received a follow-up call. Part 6 contains data from a newsletter experiment conducted by the police departments after the baseline data were gathered, in one area each of Houston and Newark. Two versions of an anti-crime newsletter were mailed to respondents to the baseline survey and also to nonrespondents living in the area. These groups were then interviewed, along with control groups of baseline respondents and nonrespondents who might have seen the newsletter but were not selected for the mailing. Demographic data collected include age, sex, race, education and employment.... Cf.: http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08496.xml

Notes

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

Type of data

6 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system + data collection instruments (PDF)

Time and place of event

Start: 1983; and end: 1984.

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice. 83-IJ-CX-0003

System details

Mode of access: Internet.

Methodology note

Universe: Residents and nonresidential establishments from neighborhoods in Newark and Houston.

Contents

Part 1: Pre-Intervention Surveys of Residential Neighborhoods; Part 2: Post-Intervention Surveys of Residential Neighborhoods; Part 3: Pre-Intervention Surveys of Nonresidential Establishments; Part 4: Post-Intervention Surveys of Nonresidential Establishments; Part 5: Follow-Up Study of Victims From Houston, Texas; Part 6: Newsletter Questionnaire

Other format(s)

Also available as downloadable files.

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