Fear of Crime and the Guardian Angels: Attitudes of New York City Subway Riders, 1984 (ICPSR 8531)

Version Date: Jan 18, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
Dennis Jay Kenney

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08531.v1

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Summary

These data focus on the potential effectiveness of the Guardian Angels in their attempts to combat fear and crime on the New York City subways. Respondents were asked about their perceived fear of crime while riding the subways, the likelihood of their becoming victims of crimes, their opinions about the crime problem on the subways, and their knowledge and observations of the Guardian Angels.

Citation

Kenney, Dennis Jay. Fear of Crime and the Guardian Angels:  Attitudes of New York City Subway Riders, 1984. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08531.v1

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Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

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

1983-06 -- 1984-09

Date of Collection

1984-06-01 -- 1984-09-30
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Universe

New York City subway riders.

Data Source

personal interviews

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1986-11-07

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:
  • Kenney, Dennis Jay. Fear of Crime and the Guardian Angels: Attitudes of New York City Subway Riders, 1984. ICPSR08531-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1986. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08531.v1

2006-01-18 File CB8531.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

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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.

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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.