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Description & Citation--Study No. 4547 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 4547 |
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| Persistent URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04547 |
| Title: | Geographies of Urban Crime in Nashville, Tennessee, Portland, Oregon, and Tucson, Arizona, 1998-2002 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Meagan Elizabeth Cahill, University of Arizona |
| Funding Agency: | United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice |
| Grant Number: | 2003-IJ-CX-1007 |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Cahill, Meagan Elizabeth. GEOGRAPHIES OF URBAN CRIME IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, PORTLAND, OREGON, AND TUCSON, ARIZONA, 1998-2002 [Computer file]. ICPSR04547-v1. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona [producer], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-08-31. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04547 |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | This research involved the exploration of how the geographies of different crimes intersect with the geographies of social, economic, and demographic characteristics in Nashville, Tennessee, Portland, Oregon, and Tucson, Arizona. Violent crime data were collected from all three cities for the years 1998 through 2002. The data were geo-coded and then aggregated to block groups and census tracts. The data include variables on 28 different crimes, numerous demographic variables taken from the 2000 Census, and several land use variables. |
| Subject Term(s): | assault, census tract level, crime mapping, geographic information systems, homicide, larceny, neighborhoods |
| Smallest Geographic Unit: | latitude and longitude |
| Geographic Coverage: | Arizona, Nashville, Oregon, Portland, Tennessee, Tucson, United States |
| Time Period: | 1998 - 2002 |
| Date(s) of Collection: | 1998 - 2002 |
| Unit of Observation: | census block group |
| Universe: | All crimes committed in Nashville, Tennessee, Portland, Oregon, and Tucson, Arizona, between 1998 and 2002. |
| Data Type: | census/enumeration data, aggregate data, and administrative data |
| Data Collection Notes: | The files are provided in a WinZip archive with 43 files in three folders. The Geographical Data folder provides provides the Nashville, Portland, and Tucson data in geographic files for use with mapping software. The Statistical Data folder provides the Nashville, Portland, and Tucson data in SPSS for Windows 14.0 system files. The Report Files folder contains the final report and a data dictionary for use with the SPSS for Windows 14.0 system files. |
Methodology | |
| Sample: | Data are included for 445 block groups and 143 census tracts in Nashville, 457 block groups and 160 census tracts in Portland, and 427 block groups and 126 census tracts in Tucson |
| Weight: | none |
| Data Source: | The crime data were collected from the records of the Metro Nashville Police Department, the Portland Police Bureau, and the Tucson and South Tucson Police Departments. Demographic information for Nashville, Portland, and Tucson were collected from 2000 Census data. Land use data for each city were collected from the Metro Nashville government, the Portland Metro government, and the Pima County Department of Transportation. |
| Mode of Data Collection: | record abstracts |
| Response Rates: | Not applicable |
| Presence of Common Scales: | none |
| Extent of Processing: | Not applicable. |
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: | 2006-08-31 |
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