Metadata record for Crime Factors and Neighborhood Decline in Chicago, 19797952Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social ResearchICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.2024-03-18Crime Factors and Neighborhood Decline in Chicago, 1979795210.3886/ICPSR07952.v1Taub, RichardTaylor, D. GarthPlease see full citation.United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice78-NI-AX-0131Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research1984-03-181997-09-26SAS and SPSS data definition statements have been added to this collection.Taub, Richard, and D. Garth Taylor. Crime Factors and Neighborhood Decline in Chicago, 1979 . ICPSR07952-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07952.v1http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07952.v1citiescommunitiescommunity participationcrimecriminal justice systemdelinquent behaviorfear of crimehousehold compositionhousing conditionsneighborhood characteristicsneighborhood conditionsneighborhoodspolice protectionpolice responseproperty valuesrace relationsurban problemsvictimizationICPSR XVII.E. Social Institutions and Behavior, Crime and the Criminal Justice SystemRCMD I. CrimeNACJD II. Community StudiesThis study explores the relationship between crime and neighborhood deterioration in eight neighborhoods in Chicago. The neighborhoods were selected on the basis of slowly or rapidly appreciating real estate values, stable or changing racial composition, and high or low crime rates. These data provide the results of a telephone survey administered to approximately 400 heads of households in each study neighborhood, a total of 3,310 completed interviews. The survey was designed to measure victimization experience, fear and perceptions of crime, protective measures taken, attitudes toward neighborhood quality and resources, attitudes toward the neighborhood as an investment, and density of community involvement. Each record includes appearance ratings for the block of the respondent's residence and aggregate figures on personal and property victimization for that city block. The aggregate appearance ratings were compiled from windshield surveys taken by trained personnel of the National Opinion Research Center. The criminal victimization figures came from Chicago City Police files.19791979Please see geographic coverage.ChicagoIllinoisUnited StatesEight neighborhoods in Chicago.survey dataEight Chicago neighborhoods were selected for the study on the basis of high or low crime rates, stable or changing racial composition, and slowly or rapidly appreciating property values. Respondents from each of the eight neighborhoods were selected on the basis of random-digit dialing and screened for street name and block number.personal interviewsAnn Arbor, Mi.: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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