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Nature and Patterns of Homicide in Eight American Cities, 1978
This dataset contains detailed information on homicides in
eight United States cities: Philadelphia, Newark, Chicago, St. Louis,
Memphis, Dallas, Oakland, and "Ashton" (a representative large
western city). Detailed characteristics for each homicide victim
include time and date of homicide, age, gender, race, place of birth,
marital status, living arrangement, occupation, socioeconomic status
(SES), employment status, method of assault, location where homicide
occurred, relationship of victim to offender, circumstances surrounding
death, precipitation or resistance of victim, physical evidence
collected, victim's drug history, victim's prior criminal record, and
number of offenders identified. Data on up to two offenders and three
witnesses are also available and include the criminal history, justice
system disposition, and age, sex, and race of each offender.
Information on the age, sex, and race of each witness also was
collected, as were data on witness type (police informant, child,
eyewitness, etc.). Finally, information from the medical examiner's
records including results of narcotics and blood alcohol tests of the
victim are provided.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[
"011:21"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"
}
|
| dataQuality |
false
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| description | This dataset contains detailed information on homicides in eight United States cities: Philadelphia, Newark, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Dallas, Oakland, and "Ashton" (a representative large western city). Detailed characteristics for each homicide victim include time and date of homicide, age, gender, race, place of birth, marital status, living arrangement, occupation, socioeconomic status (SES), employment status, method of assault, location where homicide occurred, relationship of victim to offender, circumstances surrounding death, precipitation or resistance of victim, physical evidence collected, victim's drug history, victim's prior criminal record, and number of offenders identified. Data on up to two offenders and three witnesses are also available and include the criminal history, justice system disposition, and age, sex, and race of each offender. Information on the age, sex, and race of each witness also was collected, as were data on witness type (police informant, child, eyewitness, etc.). Finally, information from the medical examiner's records including results of narcotics and blood alcohol tests of the victim are provided. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Nature and Patterns of Homicide in Eight American Cities, 1978",
"accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08936.v1"
}
]
|
| identifier |
"3205"
|
| issued | 1988-10-25T00:00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"demographic characteristics",
"drug use",
"evidence",
"homicide",
"offenders",
"substance abuse",
"victims"
]
|
| language |
[
"eng"
]
|
| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 2005-11-04T00:00:00 |
| programCode |
[
"011:060"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "National Institute of Justice",
"@type": "org:Organization",
"subOrganizationOf": {
"id": 22,
"name": "Office of Justice Programs",
"acronym": "OJP",
"parentOrganization": {
"id": 10,
"name": "Department of Justice",
"acronym": "DOJ"
},
"parentOrganizationID": 10
}
}
|
| title | Nature and Patterns of Homicide in Eight American Cities, 1978 |
