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Alcohol Availability, Type of Alcohol Establishment, Distribution Policies, and Their Relationship to Crime and Disorder in the District of Columbia, 2000-2006 (ICPSR 25763)

Released/updated on: 2009-07-31
Geographic coverage: District of Columbia, United States
Time period: 2000-01-01--2006-12-31
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between alcohol availability, type of alcohol establishment, distribution policies, and violence and disorder at the block group level in the District of Columbia. This study developed and tested a grounded comprehensive theoretical model of the relationship between alcohol availability and violence and disorder. The study also developed a geographic information system (GIS) containing neighborhood crime and demographic and physical environmental characteristics at the block group level for 431 block groups in the District of Columbia. The principal investigator calculated density measures of alcohol availability and distribution practices and aggregated characteristics of neighborhoods to examine the relationships of those measures to crime and violence. The project used data from various sources to create multiple variables measuring the physical, social, economic, and cultural characteristics of a given area in addition to the density of alcohol-selling establishments by type and incidence of criminal activity. This study examined the influence of alcohol outlets on four outcomes: (1) aggravated assault incidents, (2) calls for service for disorderly conduct, (3) calls for services for social disorder more broadly defined, and (4) calls for service for a domestic incident. The dataset for this study contains a total of 103 variables including crime variables, Census variables, alcohol outlet variables, neighborhood structural constraints variables, motivated offenders variables, and physical environment variables.
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An Examination of Child Support, Debt and Prisoner Reentry Using the SVORI Adult Male Dataset, 2004-2007 (United States) (ICPSR 36066)

Released/updated on: 2018-01-23
Geographic coverage: Indiana, United States, Oklahoma, Maine, Kansas, Washington, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Maryland, Nevada
Time period: 2004-01-01--2011-12-31

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

This study is a secondary analysis of data from ICPSR Study Number 27101, Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) Multi-site Impact Evaluation, 2004-2011 [United States]- specifically the adult male dataset -to examine the associations among child support obligations, employment and reentry outcomes. The study addressed the following research questions:

  1. Are the demographic, criminal justice and employment-related characteristics of incarcerated men with child support orders significantly different in any important way from incarcerated males without child support orders?
  2. Did SVORI clients receive more support and services related to child support orders and modification of debt after release from prison compared to non-SVORI participants?
  3. Does having legal child support obligations decrease the likelihood of employment in later waves, net of key demographic and criminal justice history factors?
  4. How does employment influence the relationship between child support debt and recidivism? and
  5. Is family instrumental support a significant predictor of reduced recidivism or increased employment in models assessing the relationship between child support obligations, employment and recidivism?

The study includes one document (Syntax_ChildSupport_Reentry_forICPSR_2012-IJ-CX-0012.docx) which contains SPSS and Stata syntax used to create research variables.

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Measuring Success in Focused Deterrence Through an Effective Researcher-Practitioner Partnership, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-2015 (ICPSR 37225)

Released/updated on: 2021-07-29
Geographic coverage: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Time period: 2003-01-01--2015-03-31
In the fall of 2013, Temple University's Department of Criminal Justice was awarded a research grant by the National Institute of Justice to evaluate Philadelphia's Focused Deterrence (FD) strategy. The study was designed to provide a comprehensive, objective review of FD and to determine if the law enforcement partnership accomplished what it set out to accomplish. The findings from this study highlight the key results from the impact evaluation that assessed whether gun violence saw a statistically significant decline that could be attributed to FD. The impact evaluation focused on area-level reductions in shootings. The evaluation uses victim and incident data from 2003 through March 2015 received from Philadelphia Police Department. The post-FD period of examination consists of the first 24 months after the implementation of FD (April 2013 through March 2015).
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The Victim-Offender Overlap: Examining Police and Service System Networks of Response Among Violent Street Conflicts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2018-2019 (ICPSR 37601)

Released/updated on: 2024-06-26
Geographic coverage: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Time period: 2018-01-01--2019-12-31

The study examined the networks of service delivery around violent assaults involving street conflicts and disputes. The research was designed to expand understanding of the situational and contextual factors around street violence that impact how individuals who have past justice system involvement access (or do not access) victim services after being violently injured. The project used a mixed-method design that yielded both qualitative and quantitative data. Qualitative data were drawn from focus groups, semi-structured interview with victim services providers, and in-depth interviews with 103 victims of street crime. Quantitative data were drawn from surveys and social network data collection with those same 103 victims of violent street assaults.

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