nmm 22 4500 ICPSR02729 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130619s1999 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR02729 MiAaI MiAaI Changing Patterns of Homicide and Social Policy in Philadelphia, Phoenix, and St. Louis, 1980-1994 [electronic resource] Margaret A. Zahn 2006-03-30 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1999 ICPSR 2729 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-06-19. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. This study sought to assess changes in the volume and types of homicide committed in Philadelphia, Phoenix, and St. Louis from 1980 to 1994 and to document the nature of those changes. Three of the eight cities originally studied by Margaret Zahn and Marc Riedel (NATURE AND PATTERNS OF HOMICIDE IN EIGHT AMERICAN CITIES, 1978 [ICPSR 8936]) were revisited for this data collection. In each city, police records were coded for each case of homicide occurring in the city each year from 1980 to 1994. Homicide data for St. Louis were provided by the St. Louis Homicide Project with Scott Decker and Richard Rosenfeld as the principal investigators. Variables describing the event cover study site, year of the case, date and time of assault, location of fatal injury, method used to kill the victim, and circumstances surrounding the death. Variables pertaining to offenders include total number of homicide and assault victims, number of offenders arrested, number of offenders identified, and disposition of event for offenders. Variables on victims focus on whether the victim was killed at work, if the victim was using drugs or alcohol, the victim's blood alcohol level, and the relationship of the victim to the offender. Demographic variables include age, sex, race, and marital status of victims and offenders. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02729.v1 crime patterns icpsr homicide icpsr offenders icpsr police records icpsr victims icpsr NACJD VII. Crime and Delinquency ICPSR XVII.E. Social Institutions and Behavior, Crime and the Criminal Justice System NACJD XIV. Homicide Studies Zahn, Margaret A. North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02729.v1