Violence research data from the National Institute of Justice, Data Resources Program, U.S. Department of Justice.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data.

National Institute of Justice (U.S.). Data Resources Program.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 6728.

[ICPSR ; 6728]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--United States--Statistics--Databases.

Violence.

Statistics.

United States.

Genre:

Databases.

Physical Description:

1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. + users manual (27 pages ; 12 cm).

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Violence research data

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, 1996.

System Details:

System requirements: computer capable of reading ISO 9660 formatted text (e.g., PC running MS-DOS); CD-ROM drive capable of reading 650 MB of data; sufficient disk space to manipulate data files ranging from less than 0.1 MB to 141 MB. Microsoft CD-ROM extension (version 2.0 or above) to MS-DOS is required. SAS, SPSS, or other data analysis software may be used.

Summary:

Contains data from 74 studies or data compilations about violence. Does not contain full-text National Institute of Justice publications. Focal offenses include homicide, assault, robbery, domestic violence, and sexual aggression; some studies also include other offenses for comparison purposes. Datasets can be grouped into nine arbitrarily defined categories: violence (general); youth violence; domestic violence; homicide; other specific offenses; violence in criminal careers; violence and mental disorder; victims of violence; capital punishment.

Notes:

Title from disc label.

"NCJ-162848."

OCLC:

36413977

Access Restriction:

Restrictions on access: ICPSR policy prohibits the redistribution or sale of data contained on ICPSR media to other users, except as permitted to Official Representatives of ICPSR member institutions or by written agreement with ICPSR. One copy of the CD-ROM is provided to ICPSR member institutions, whose users can arrange access to the data by contacting their Official Representative.