Nature and Patterns of Homicide in Eight American Cities, 1978
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]
Zahn, Margaret A.
Riedel, Marc
demographic characteristics
drug use
evidence
homicide
offenders
substance abuse
victims
This dataset contains detailed information on homicides in eight United States cities: Philadelphia, Newark, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Dallas, Oakland, and "Ashton" (a representative large western city). Detailed characteristics for each homicide victim include time and date of homicide, age, gender, race, place of birth, marital status, living arrangement, occupation, socioeconomic status (SES), employment status, method of assault, location where homicide occurred, relationship of victim to offender, circumstances surrounding death, precipitation or resistance of victim, physical evidence collected, victim's drug history, victim's prior criminal record, and number of offenders identified. Data on up to two offenders and three witnesses are also available and include the criminal history, justice system disposition, and age, sex, and race of each offender. Information on the age, sex, and race of each witness also was collected, as were data on witness type (police informant, child, eyewitness, etc.). Finally, information from the medical examiner's records including results of narcotics and blood alcohol tests of the victim are provided.
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http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08936.v1
11-04-2005
event/transaction data
official records of the medical examiner and police department in each city
California
Chicago
Dallas
Illinois
Memphis
Missouri
New Jersey
Newark
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Tennessee
Texas
United States
1978