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This research project developed and fully documented a method to estimate the number of females and males trafficked for the purposes of sexual and labor exploitation from eight countries (Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela) into the United States at the Southwest border. The model utilizes only open source data. This research represents the first phase of a two-phase project and

• Provides a conceptual framework for identifying potential data sources to estimate the number of victims at different stages in trafficking
• Develops statistical models to estimate the number of males and females at risk of being trafficked for sexual and labor exploitation from the eight countries, and the number of males and females actually trafficked for sex and labor
• Incorporates into the estimation models the transit journey of trafficking victims from the eight countries to the southwest border of the United States
• Designs the estimation models such that they are highly flexible and modular so that they can evolve as the body of data expands
• Utilizes open source data as inputs to the statistical model, making the model accessible to anyone interested in using it
• Presents preliminary estimates that illustrate the use of the statistical methods
• Illuminates gaps in data sources.

The data included in this collection are the open source data which were primarily used in the models to estimate the number of males and females at risk of being trafficked.

The Second International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD-2) was a large international collaborative study of delinquency and victimization of 12 to 15 year-old students in seventh, eighth, and ninth grade classrooms. The study was a school-based study that drew on random samples from either city level or national level. In general, the cross-national description of the prevalence and incidence of delinquent behavior allowed for the assessment of national crime rates by comparison with the crime rates of other countries. The study was conducted in 31 mostly European countries, the United States, Caribbean and South American countries. The primary research questions explored included:

• Is juvenile delinquency normal, ubiquitous, and transitional?
• Is there a pattern of similarity in the offending behavior of juveniles across countries or are there any important differences? Descriptive comparisons of crime rates will call for explanations, especially if differences are observed.
• What are the national socio-economic or cultural differences, or the characteristics of legal or criminal policies that can explain such differences?

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.

Product counterfeiting is the fraudulent reproduction of trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property related to tangible products without the authorization of the producer and motivated by the desire for profit. This study create a Product Counterfeiting Database (PCD) by assessing multiple units of analysis associated with counterfeiting crimes from 2000-2015: (1) scheme; (2) offender (individual); (3) offender (business); (4) victim (consumer); and (5) victim (trademark owner). Unique identification numbers link records for each unit of analysis in a relational database.

The collection contains 5 Stata files and 1 Excel spreadsheet file.

• Scheme-Data.dta (n=196, 35 variables)
• Offender-Individual-Data.dta (n=551, 16 variables)
• Offender-Business-Data.dta (n=310, 5 variables)
• Victim-Consumer-Data.dta (n=54, 8 variables)
• Victim-Trademark-Owner-Data.dta (n=146, 5 variables)
• Relational-Data.xlsx (4 spreadsheet tabs)