Effectiveness of Police Response: Denver, 1982 (ICPSR 8217)

Version Date: Jan 18, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
David Bayley

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08217.v1

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Summary

This data collection investigates the nature of law enforcement by recording police behavior in problematic situations, primarily disturbances and traffic stops. The data collection contains two files. The first consists of information on disturbance encounters. Disturbance variables include type of disturbance, manner of investigation, designation of police response, several situational variables such as type of setting, number of victims, bystanders, suspects, and witnesses, demeanor of participants toward the police, type of police response, and demeanor of police toward participants. The second file contains data on traffic offenses. The variables include manner of investigation, incident code, officers' description of the incident, condition of the vehicle stopped, police contact with the passengers of the vehicle, demeanor of passengers toward the police, demeanor of police toward the passengers, and resolution of the situation. The data were collected based on field observation, using an instrument for recording observations.

Citation

Bayley, David. Effectiveness of Police Response: Denver, 1982. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08217.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (81-IJ-CX-0082)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

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

1982-06 -- 1982-09

Date of Collection

1982-06 -- 1982-09
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Sample

The data were selected based on a stratified sample by precinct and shift.

Universe

Disturbances investigated by, and traffic stops made by, Denver, Colorado, police from June-September 1982.

Data Source

field observation

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1985-01-11

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:
  • Bayley, David. Effectiveness of Police Response: Denver, 1982. ICPSR08217-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1985. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08217.v1

2006-01-18 File CB8217.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.