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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 files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. The Michigan Study of Life After Prison examined the association between neighborhood context and outcomes related to employment and recidivism among the cohort of former prisoners released on parole from Michigan state prisons in one calendar year (2003), controlling for pre-incarceration neighborhood context, local labor market conditions, and a large set of individual characteristics. The primary goals of this study were to answer two questions: (1) "Are ex-offenders who are released to more disadvantaged neighborhoods (those with greater poverty, unemployment, residential turnover, etc.) more likely to recidivate?" (2) "Are ex-offenders who are released to more disadvantaged neighborhoods less likely to gain stable employment?" This research sought to supplement available literature on prisoner reentry and criminal desistance, which the researchers posit existing literature has largely ignored the role that neighborhoods play in shaping the recidivism and employment of returning prisoners. The 31 data files included as part of this collection are as follows: Cleaned Data Files: casenotearrestsreps1-4_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 4,932 Cases, 12 Variables casenotearrestsreps5-8_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 5,302 Cases, 13 Variables casenotearrestsrep9_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 2,321 Cases, 13 Variables casenoteemploymentreps1-4_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 4,871 Cases, 28 Variables casenoteemploymentreps5-8_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 4,754 Cases, 23 Variables casenoteemploymentrep9_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 2,610 Cases, 23 Variables cleanedcasenoteaddressesreps1-8_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 50,207 Cases, 72 Variables cleanedcasenoteaddressesrep9_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 10,309 Cases, 69 Variables preprisonaddress_all_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 5,183 Cases, 30 Variables preprisonaddress_all_rep9_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 1,017 Cases, 63 Variables postprisads_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 11,064 Cases, 41 Variables cleaned-demographics-population_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 11,064 Cases, 57 Variables simplecrimhistory.dta : 11,064 Cases, 4 Variables popSAhistory.dta : 11,064 Cases, 8 Variables deathdates_ICPSR-EDITED.dta : 308 Cases, 3 Variables popprisonenterdates.dta : 11,064 Cases, 7 Variables discharge dates.dta : 7,369 Cases, 5 Variables parole and release dates for pop.dta : 11,064 cases, 3 Variables mdoc_recidivism_measures.dta : 11,064 Cases, 6 Variables recidivism dates from transits.dta : 11,064 Cases, 8 Variables recidivism from bir.dta : 11,064 Cases, 3 Variables sample marker.dta : 3,689 Cases, 2 Variables samplereps.dta : 3,689 Cases, 2 Variables tta_rsid_rep.dta : 1,363 Cases, 2 Variables ,> Contextual Data Files: Complete.data.file.dta : 2,757 Cases, 1,055 Variables countyemployment.dta : 10,956 Cases, 6 Variables places.dta : 5,004 Cases, 5 Variables TractDataInterpolated-long.dta : 57,036 Cases, 50 Variables TractDataInterpolated-wide.dta : 2,716 Cases, 1,009 Variables tractscales2000.dta : 2,716 Cases, 49 Variables urbanicity + density.dta : 2,716 Cases, 9 Variables Demographic variables included: gender, race, educational attainment, age, employment, and marital status.

The study was designed to explore the relationship between employment and involvement with the criminal justice system. Males arrested primarily for felony offenses were interviewed at the central booking agency in Brooklyn, New York, at the time of their arrests in 1979. A subsample of 152 arrestees was reinterviewed in 1980. The data include information on labor market participation, arrests, periods of incarceration, and the respondents' demographic characteristics. The labor market information spans a two-year period prior to those arrests. Arrest history and other criminal justice data cover the two years prior to arrest and one year following the arrest. Additional variables supply information on employment and occupation, social and neighborhood characteristics, and perceptions of the risk of committing selected crimes.