Archiving Data
One of the major goals of NACJD is to support the secondary analysis of data. The criminal justice field as a whole benefits when professional researchers test each other's conclusions, verifying, refining or refuting original findings. This is one reason why NIJ requires that the grantees it supports deposit their data with NACJD. Sharing of data also fosters the development and testing of new conclusions, as data collected for one purpose can be used to pursue inquiries not addressed by the original investigators.
Archiving data affords multiple benefits to the investigator:
The investigator's study is described on the NACJD Web site.
NACJD distributes the data and supporting documentation to interested users, freeing investigators from using their own time and resources to do so and permitting other researchers to reanalyze the data.
Once the data are archived and available, the investigator is no longer responsible for maintaining permanent backups of the data he or she collected.
The investigator and his or her colleagues can assist each other in future research projects by sharing the archived data and documentation over a wide variety of computer platforms.
NIJ grantees who will be depositing data at NACJD through the Data Resources Program can contact NACJD staff with any questions they have about how to prepare the data or documentation. Materials should be submitted directly to your grant monitor at NIJ. NACJD staff will contact you once they have begun processing your study for public release.
Contact NACJD by email at nacjd@icpsr.umich.edu, or by phone, using the toll-free help line 800-999-0960, or by mail at the following addresses:
Street Address for Overnight Deliveries:
330 Packard St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
