The Source for Crime and Justice Data

Census of Urban Crime, 1970

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Principal Investigator(s): Hellman, Daryl A.; Fox, James Alan

Summary: This data collection contains information on urban crime in the United States. The 331 variables include crime incidence, criminal sanctions, police employment, police expenditures, police unionization, city revenues and sources of revenue (including intergovernmental transfers), property values, public sector package characteristics, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, and housing and land use characteristics. The data were primarily gathered from various governmental censuses: Censu... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08275.v1

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  • One or more data files in this study are set up in a non-standard format, such as card image format. Users may need help converting these files before they can be used for analysis.

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