National Crime Surveys: Index of Crime Severity, 1977

Principal Investigator(s): Wolfgang, Marvin E.; Figlio, Robert M.; Tracy, Paul E.; Singer, Simon I.

Summary:

The purpose of this data collection was to determine the seriousness of criminal events. The principal investigators sought to determine and rate the relative seriousness of murder, rape, and petty theft. Information in the collection includes respondents' opinions on the severity of particular crimes as well as how that severity compared to other crimes.

These data are freely available.

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DS1: 1977 Collection Quarter 3

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DS2: 1977 Collection Quarter 4

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Wolfgang, Marvin E., Robert M. Figlio, Paul E. Tracy, and Simon I. Singer. NATIONAL CRIME SURVEYS: INDEX OF CRIME SEVERITY, 1977. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, Center for Studies in Criminology and Criminal Law [producer], 1978. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 198?. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08295.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08295.v1

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This survey was funded by:

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics (J-LEAA-120-79)

Subject Terms: crime, murder, petty theft, rape

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period:

1977-07--1977-12

Date of Collection:

1977-07--1977-12

Universe: All households in the United States.

Data Types: survey data

Data Collection Notes:

This data collection was conducted as a supplement to the National Crime Survey: National Sample over a six-month period beginning in July, 1977.

Sample: A stratified random sample of households in the United States.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Original ICPSR Release: 1987-01-12

Version History:

2006-01-18 File CB8295.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

1988

Cohen, Mark A. Some New Evidence on the Seriousness of Crime. Criminology. 26, (2), 343-353.

1990

Erez, Edna, Tontodonato, Pamela . The Effect of Victim Participation in Sentencing on Sentence Outcome. Criminology. 28, (3), 451-474.

1981

Figlio, Robert M., Wolfgang, Marvin E. The National Survey of Crime Severity - Some General Findings. 141st Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, Social Statistics Section. Detroit, MI.

1981

Sparks, Richard F., Tonry, Michael, Morris, Norwal . Surveys of victimization -- An optimistic assessment. Crime and Justice: An Annual Review of Research. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

1985

Wolfgang, M.E., Figlio, R.M., Tracy, P.E., Singer, S.I. . Sourcebook of Crime Severity Ratios for Core-Item Offenses. NCJ 96329, Washington, DC: United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

1985

Wolfgang, Marvin E., Figlio, R., Tracy, P., Singer, S. The National Survey of Crime Severity. NCJ 96017, Washington, DC: United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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