Non-Medical use of Prescription Drugs: Policy Change, Law Enforcement Activity, and Diversion Tactics, Florida, 2010-2014 (ICPSR 36609)

Version Date: Mar 21, 2018

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Principal Investigator(s):
Jacinta Gau, University of Central Florida

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36609.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.

This study contains Uniform Crime Report geocoded data obtained from St. Petersburg Police Department, Orlando Police Department, and Miami-Dade Police Department for the years between 2010 and 2014. The three primary goals of this study were:

  1. to determine whether Florida law HB 7095 (signed into law on June 3, 2011) and related legislation reduced the number of pain clinics abusively dispensing opioid prescriptions in the State
  2. to examine the spatial overlap between pain clinic locations and crime incidents
  3. to assess the logistics of administering the law

The study includes:

  • 3 Excel files: MDPD_Data.xlsx (336,672 cases; 6 variables), OPD_Data.xlsx (160,947 cases; 11 variables), SPPD_Data.xlsx (211,544 cases; 14 variables)
  • 15 GIS Shape files (95 files total)

Data related to respondents' qualitative interviews and the Florida Department of Health are not available as part of this collection. For access to data from the Florida Department of Health, interested researchers should apply directory to the FDOH.

Citation

Gau, Jacinta. Non-Medical use of Prescription Drugs: Policy Change, Law Enforcement Activity, and Diversion Tactics, Florida, 2010-2014. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-03-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36609.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (2012-R2-CX-0006)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

X and Y Coordinates

Restrictions

Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reason 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 -- 2014

Date of Collection

2014

Data Collection Notes

  1. 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.

  2. Data related to respondents' qualitative interviews and the Florida Department of Health are not available as part of this collection.

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Study Purpose

Florida law HB 7095, signed into law on June 3, 2011, established new regulations for the physical facilities of pain clinics and the acceptable minimum extent of medical examinations and follow-ups physicians must perform on patients before and after prescribing them opioids for the treatment of chronic, non-malignant pain. The new law intended to compel physicians and clinics currently operating in a sub-standard manner in dispensing opioid prescriptions to improve their services or be forced out of business. The purpose of this study was to examine the trends in pain management clinics occurring in the three years following this major change in Florida law and policy.

Study Design

Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) data were obtained from St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD), Orlando Police Department (OPD), and Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD). Both SPPD and MDPD data were requested by the research team and provided by the respective agencies. OPD data was obtained online from Orlando's Open Data Website (https://data.cityoforlando.net/). Minor data cleaning was required for all three data sets in order to be used for the spatial analysis component of this study. Only the MDPD data required additional cleaning once received (i.e. removing incidents without address-level data). Crime data were separated into UCR Part 1 and Part 2 crimes. All data provided included x- and y-coordinates, which were used to geocode the data through ArcGIS 10.3. Additional base shapefiles were obtained from GIS clearinghouses for all three areas. The Miami-Dade boundary shapefile focuses on ZIP codes rather than the entire Miami-Dade county boundary due to the amount of space covered by the Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Park. By using only ZIP codes, we are able to better reflect the spatial reality of the study area.

Sample

The collection is a pooled time-series of Uniform Crime Reports data over a period of 5 years (2010-2014) from St. Petersburg Police Department, Orlando Police Department, and Miami-Dade Police Department in Florida.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Criminal incident reports recorded by St. Petersburg Police Department, Orlando Police Department, and Miami-Dade Police Department in Florida.

Unit(s) of Observation

Crime incident

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

MDPD_Data.xlsx

The data file contains 336,672 cases and 6 variables: highest UCR code, UCR code description, the month and year the incident took place (two variables), and x- and y-coordinates of the incident (two variables).

OPD_Data.xlsx

The data file contains 160,947 cases and 11 variables: the month and year the incident took place (two variables), the time of the incident, the block or intersection location of the incident, a general description of the location of the incident, a general and detailed category of the offense (two variables), if the offense was committed or attempted, the status of the case, if the incident was mapped or unmapped, and the coordinates of the incident.

SPPD_Data.xlsx

The data file contains 211,544 cases and 14 variables: the statute the incident violates, descriptive categories of the offense (two variables), if the offense was committed or attempted, weapons used in the incident, the year, month, day of the week, time, and hour of the incident (five variables), the city and state that the incident took place (two variables), and x- and y-coordinates of the incident (two variables).

GIS Shape Files

The GIS shape files were created from the Excel data files and contains addresses (block level), XY coordinates, and crime descriptions of incidents.

Response Rates

not applicable

Presence of Common Scales

None

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Original Release Date

2018-03-21

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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.