Flint, Michigan Police Data, 2005-2013 (ICPSR 36754)

Version Date: Dec 20, 2017

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Principal Investigator(s):
Thomas Reischl, University of Michigan School of Public Health

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36754.v1

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Summary

This study includes data on all crime incidents in Flint, Michigan from 2005-2013 as collected by the Flint police department. This data was geocoded using ArcGIS as part of a project mapping crime in Flint by the Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center. The current release includes nine datasets consisting of geocoded crime data by year. Crimes are recorded according to NIBRS classifications and coded on the block level. No demographic information is available as part of this release.

Citation

Reischl, Thomas. Flint, Michigan Police Data, 2005-2013. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-12-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36754.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

street block

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2005 -- 2013

Date of Collection

2005 -- 2013

Data Collection Notes

  1. Additional information about this study, as well as maps derived from the data, can be found at the Crime Map Library website of the Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center.
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Sample

There is no sampling. The data set includes all the crime incidents for the time period in all areas of Flint, MI.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

All crime incidents recorded by police in Flint, Michigan from 2005 to 2013.

Unit(s) of Observation

Crime incident

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

2017-12-20

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Reischl, Thomas. Flint, Michigan Police Data, 2005-2013. ICPSR36754-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-12-20. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36754.v1

2017-12-20 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Weight

None

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

odf logoThis study is provided by ODF. Open Data Flint serves as a central location for housing Flint-based data gathered from academic institutions, local organizations, and federal agencies to encourage a healthier and informed community. The data are made available to researchers, policy makers, general public, and others interested in Flint.