Research Catalog

Title

National crime surveys [electronic resource] : redesign data, 1975-1979.

Publication

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1987.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Summary

These data are a product of the National Crime Surveys Redesign Project. The purpose of the data collection was to create several different data files from existing public-use National Crime Surveys files. For each crime, information is gathered on the victim's housing unit and household and the incident itself. A personal history and interview are also included. Several data files contain National Crime Survey and Uniform Crime Report data on the following index crimes: robbery, larceny-theft, burglary, motor vehicle theft, rape, and aggravated assault.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 8484

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 8484.

Subject

• Crime > United States
• Victims of crimes surveys > United States
• Victims of crimes > United States
• Assaults
• Automobile theft
• Burglary
• Census data
• Crime
• Criminal justice system
• Demographic characteristics
• Households
• Larceny
• Neighborhoods
• Rape
• Residential environment
• Robbery
• Victimization

Genre/Form

• dataset.
• dataset – 1975-1979.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on January 21, 2008).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 10 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF).

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: January 1975-June 1979.
• Time period: January 1975-June 1979.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: United States.

Cite As (note)

• U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. NATIONAL CRIME SURVEYS: REDESIGN DATA, 1975-1979 [Computer file]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1980. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1987.

Funding (note)

• Funding agency: United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: LRECL.

OCLC

• ocm79740109
• SCSB-824415

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library