Data on Dispute Related Violence in a Northeastern City, United States, 2010 to 2012 (ICPSR 36363)

Version Date: Apr 26, 2018

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Principal Investigator(s):
Irshad Altheimer, Rochester Institute of Technology

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36363.v1

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Summary

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.

The objective of this project was to enhance understanding of violent disputes by examining the use of aggression to rectify a perceived wrong. It also sought to identify the factors that determine if retaliatory violence occurs within disputes as well as to understand how long retaliatory disputes last, and what factors lead to the termination of such disputes.

This collection includes two SPSS data files: "Dispute_Database_for_NACJD.sav" with 40 variables and 111 cases and "Northeastern_City_Violence_Database_NACJD_submission.sav" with 164 variables and 1,303 cases.

Citation

Altheimer, Irshad. Data on Dispute Related Violence in a Northeastern City, United States, 2010 to 2012. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36363.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (2013-IJ-CX-0021)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

None

Restrictions

Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.

Distributor(s)

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

2010 -- 2012

Date of Collection

2010 -- 2012

Data Collection Notes

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

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Study Purpose

The objective of this study was to enhance understanding of violent disputes. Towards that end, this project had five specific aims:

  1. To leverage police data to expand knowledge on dispute-related violence
  2. To examine qualitative differences across disputes
  3. To identify the factors that determine if retaliatory violence occurs within disputes
  4. To understand how long retaliatory disputes last and what factors lead to the termination of such disputes
  5. To identify those factors that influence whether a dispute turns lethal

Study Design

Data for this project were collected from investigative documents of a police department in a Northeastern city. These documents were coded to create two quantitative datasets. The first dataset is a dispute-level data set. This dataset was created by coding 111 dispute bulletins from the Northeastern City Police Department. The second data set was an individual-level dataset that included data from assaultive violence in Northeastern city from 2010 to 2012.

Sample

All known assaults that occurred to police were included in the datasets.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Dispute_Database_for_NACJD.sav: Violent retaliatory disputes tracked by analysts from the Northeastern City Police Department, 2010-2012.

Northeastern_City_Violence_Database_NACJD_submission.sav: All incidents of assaultive violence known to police in Northeastern City from 2010 to 2012.

Unit(s) of Observation

Incident

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

This study features two datasets, (Dispute_Database_for_NACJD.sav) comprised of 40 variables related to violent and non-violent incidents and (Northeastern_City_Violence_Database_NACJD_submission.sav) comprised of 164 variables related to various activities including disputes, criminal activity, and the consequences of any actions taken.

Response Rates

N/A

Presence of Common Scales

None

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Original Release Date

2018-04-26

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Weight

None

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Notes

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more.