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Description & Citation--Study No. 2743 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 2743 |
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| Persistent URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02743 |
| Title: | Criminal Victimization and Perceptions of Community Safety in 12 United States Cities, 1998 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Bibliographic Citation: | U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION AND PERCEPTIONS OF COMMUNITY SAFETY IN 12 UNITED STATES CITIES, 1998 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1999. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR02743 |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | This collection presents survey data from 12 cities in the United States regarding criminal victimization, perceptions of community safety, and satisfaction with local police. Participating cities included Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO, Knoxville, TN, Los Angeles, CA, Madison, WI, New York, NY, San Diego, CA, Savannah, GA, Spokane, WA, Springfield, MA, Tucson, AZ, and Washington, DC. The survey used the current National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) questionnaire with a series of supplemental questions measuring the attitudes in each city. Respondents were asked about incidents that occurred within the past 12 months. Information on the following crimes was collected: violent crimes of rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault, personal crimes of theft, and household crimes of burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft. Part 1, Household-Level Data, covers the number of household respondents, their ages, type of housing, size of residence, number of telephone lines and numbers, and language spoken in the household. Part 2, Person-Level Data, includes information on respondents' sex, relationship to householder, age, marital status, education, race, time spent in the housing unit, personal crime and victimization experiences, perceptions of neighborhood crime, job and professional demographics, and experience and satisfaction with local police. Variables in Part 3, Incident-Level Data, concern the details of crimes in which the respondents were involved, and the police response to the crimes. |
| Subject Term(s): | assault, attitudes, burglary, fear of crime, neighborhoods, perceptions, petty theft, police performance, public safety, rape, robbery, victimization |
| Geographic Coverage: | Arizona, California, Chicago, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas City, Knoxville, Los Angeles, Madison, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York (state), New York City, San Diego, Savannah, Springfield, Spokane, Tucson, Tennessee, United States, Washington, Wisconsin |
| Time Period: | 1998 |
| Universe: | Individuals aged 12 and older in 12 cities of the United States that had police departments representing varying stages in the development of community policing. The 12 cities chosen were Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO, Knoxville, TN, Los Angeles, CA, Madison, WI, New York, NY, San Diego, CA, Savannah, GA, Spokane, WA, Springfield, MA, Tucson, AZ, and Washington, DC. |
| Data Type: | survey data |
| Data Collection Notes: | The codebook for this collection is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet. |
Methodology | |
| Sample: | Approximately 800 households in each of the 12 cities were contacted through random-digit dialing (RDD). The findings from this survey are not intended to represent national estimates. |
| Data Source: | telephone interviews |
Access and Availability | |
| Note: | A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
| Original ICPSR Release: | 1999-10-01 |
| Version History: | The last update of this study occurred on 2006-01-18. |
| 2006-01-18 - File CB2743.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads. | |
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