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Description & Citation--Study No. 8088

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:8088
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08088
 
Title:Xenon (New Jersey) Commercial Burglary Data, 1979-1981
 
Principal Investigator(s):John J. Gibbs
 
  Peggy L. Shelly
 
Funding Agency:United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice.
 
Grant Number:80-IJ-CX-0600
 
Bibliographic Citation:Gibbs, John J., and Peggy L. Shelly. XENON (NEW JERSEY) COMMERCIAL BURGLARY DATA, 1979-1981 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. New Brunswick, NJ: John J. Gibbs and Peggy L. Shelley [producers], 1984. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08088
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection is one of three quantitative databases comprising the Commercial Theft Studies component of the Study of the Causes of Crime for Gain, which focuses on patterns of commercial theft and characteristics of commercial thieves. This data collection contains information on commercial burglary incidents in Xenon, New Jersey. The data collection includes incident characteristics, theft item, value of stolen property, and demographic information about the suspect(s), such as police contacts, number of arrests, sex, race, and age.
 
Subject Term(s):arrests, burglary, commercial theft, larceny, police records, property crime statistics, property crimes, robbery, stolen property, stolen property recovery, New Jersey, United States, Xenon
 
Time Period:September 1, 1979 - June 4, 1981
 
Date(s) of Collection:June 1981
 
Universe:Recorded crimes in the community of Xenon, New Jersey.
 
Data Type:administrative records data
 
Data Collection Notes:The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Sample:All incidents of commercial burglary occurring between September 1, 1979-June 4, 1981. An incident had to involve the theft of commercial property from a commercial establishment to be in the sample.
 
Data Source:records from Xenon, New Jersey, Police Department
 
Extent of Processing:SCAN/ REFORM.DOC
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-03-18
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Xenon (New Jersey) Commercial Burglary Data, 1979-1981
 

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