nmm 22 4500 ICPSR09237 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130525s1989 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR09237 MiAaI MiAaI Impact of Casino Gambling on Crime in the Atlantic City Region, 1970-1984 [electronic resource] Simon Hakim 2006-01-18 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1989 ICPSR 9237 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-25. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. The aim of this data collection was to gauge the impact of legalized casino gambling on the level and spatial distribution of crime in the Atlantic City region by comparing crime rates before and after the introduction of this type of gambling in the area. Data for the years 1972 through 1984 were collected from various New Jersey state publications for 64 localities and include information on population size and density, population characteristics of race, age, per capita income, education and home ownership, real estate values, number of police employees and police expenditures, total city expenditure, and number of burglaries, larcenies, robberies and vehicle thefts. Spatial variables include population attributes standardized by land area in square miles, and measures of accessibility, location, and distance from Atlantic City. For the 1970/1980 data file, additional variables pertaining to population characteristics were created from census data to match economic and crime attributes found in the 1972-1984 data. Data on eight additional locations are available in the 1970/1980 file. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09237.v1 burglary icpsr casinos icpsr crime patterns icpsr crime rates icpsr gambling icpsr police icpsr population characteristics icpsr population size icpsr robbery icpsr NACJD II. Community Studies ICPSR XVII.E. Social Institutions and Behavior, Crime and the Criminal Justice System Hakim, Simon Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 9237 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09237.v1