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Description & Citation
Description & Citation--Study No. 7769 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 7769 |
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| Persistent URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07769 |
| Title: | Crime in Western Societies, 1945-1974 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Ted Robert Gurr |
| Erika Gurr | |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Gurr, Ted Robert, and Erika Gurr. CRIME IN WESTERN SOCIETIES, 1945-1974 [Computer file]. 3rd ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1997. doi:10.3886/ICPSR07769 |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | These data were collected from national statistical sources for 16 western societies plus Israel and Japan. Data on population and eight categories of crime were gathered for as many years as possible between 1945 and 1974. Both convictions and offenses known to police were recorded whenever possible. Variables include percent yearly change and population-weighted measures of the incidence of each offense. |
| Subject Term(s): | convictions, crime, criminal justice system, police activity |
| Geographic Coverage: | Global |
| Time Period: | 1945 - 1974 |
| Date(s) of Collection: | 1945 - 1974 |
| Data Type: | aggregate data |
Methodology | |
| Data Source: | National statistical sources for 16 Western societies plus Israel and Japan |
| Extent of Processing: | MDATA.PR/ DDEF.ICPSR |
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: | 1984-03-18 |
| Version History: | The last update of this study occurred on 2005-11-04. |
| 2005-11-04 - On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions. | |
| 1997-09-19 - SAS and SPSS data definition statements have been added to this collection. | |
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