Governmental Responses to Crime in the United States, 1948-1978

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Principal Investigator(s): Jacob, Herbert

Summary: The Governmental Responses to Crime Project was initiated in October 1978 as a result of the rising crime rate in urban areas of the United States and the wide variety of programs seeking to contain it. The project investigated the way in which urban governments, citizens, newspapers and state governments responded to the growth and increasing complexity of crime during the period from 1948 to 1978. Pertinent variables in this data collection include the number of police officers in cities and p... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08076.v2

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