Details

Subject(s)

• Child molesters—Massachusetts—Bridgewater [Browse]
• Rapists—Massachusetts—Bridgewater [Browse]
• Sex offenders—Massachusetts—Bridgewater—Classification [Browse]

Related name

• Knight, Raymond [Browse]
• Prentky, Robert [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 8985. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 8985

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 data collection was to validate two classification systems, one for rapists and one for child molesters, used in a Massachusetts treatment center for sexually aggressive offenders. Rapists and child molesters were classified as two types of sex offenders and then clinically classified into subtypes based on criteria for the two taxonomies being tested. Variables include type of traffic offenses, criminal offenses, and sex offenses charged. Data on disposition of cases are also provided, along with parole and discharge information. Offenders' post-release offenses were categorized into traffic offenses, nontraffic offenses, and sex offenses.

Notes

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

Type of data

1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system

Time and place of event

Start: 1982; and end: 1985.

Geographic coverage

Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. NationalInstitute of Justice. NIJ 82-IJ-CX-0058

System details

Mode of access: Internet.

Methodology note

Universe: All sex offender cases referred to a treatment center in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, for intensive observation and then released.

Contents

Part 1: Data File

Other format(s)

Also available as downloadable files.

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