Details

Subject(s)

• Law enforcement—Illinois—Chicago [Browse]
• Law enforcement—Massachusetts—Boston [Browse]
• Law enforcement—Washington (D.C.). [Browse]
• Police—Illinois—Chicago—Attitudes [Browse]
• Police—Massachusetts—Boston—Attitudes [Browse]
• Police—Washington (D.C.)—Attitudes [Browse]
• Police-community relations—Illinois—Chicago [Browse]
• Police-community relations—Massachusetts—Boston [Browse]
• Police-community relations—Washington (D.C.). [Browse]

Related name

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 9087. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 9087

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 survey was designed to explore perceptions and attitudes of police officers in three metropolitan areas toward their work and the organizations and publics with which they interact. Issues of interest include (1) the nature of police careers and police work, and officers' satisfaction with their jobs, (2) officers' orientations toward policing tasks and their relationships with the public, and (3) officers' perceptions of organizations and systems that influence or change police work.

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

Geographic coverage

Boston, Chicago, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, United States

Funding information

President's Commission on Law Enforcement and theAdministration of Justice (presently the United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice). OLEA-006

System details

Mode of access: Internet.

Methodology note

Universe: Police officers in major metropolitan areas of the United States.

Contents

Part 1: Data File

Other format(s)

Also available as downloadable files.

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