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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: August 16, 2021 at 01:10 PM

Despite public attention to the problem of human trafficking, it has proven difficult to measure the problem. Improving the quality of information about human trafficking is critical to developing...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The United Nations International Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch began the Surveys of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (formerly known as the World Crime...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This project examined physical incivilities (disorder), social strengths and vulnerabilities, and police reports in a declining first-ring suburb of Salt Lake City. Physical and...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

This study examined the role of stalking in domestic violence crime reports produced by the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD). It provided needed empirical data on the prevalence of...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

Investigator(s): United Nations Office at Vienna, R.W. Burnham, Helen Burnham, Bruce DiCristina, and Graeme Newman The United Nations Surveys of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 16, 2020 at 12:36 PM

The Finn Institute is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that conducts research on matters of public safety and security. The project provided for steps that would strengthen and enhance...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

In an effort to reduce the workload of police officers participating in problem-solving and community-oriented activities, the San Francisco Police Department applied for and was awarded...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 18, 2013 at 02:49 PM

This study used a mixed-methods approach to pursue five interrelated objectives: (1) to document the extent of case attrition and to identify the stages of the criminal justice process where...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 26, 2020 at 09:27 AM

This research sought to examine and evaluate geospatial predictive policing models across the United States. The purpose of this applied research is three-fold: (1) to link theory and appropriate...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: October 26, 2012 at 03:57 PM

The primary objective of this study was to formulate evidence-based lessons on recruitment, retention, and managing workforce profiles in large, United States police departments. The research team...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 19, 2017 at 10:58 AM

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The Fourth United Nations Survey, covering the years 1986-1990, was designed to increase knowledge regarding the incidence of reported crime and the structure of criminal justice systems, as...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 22, 2010 at 04:37 PM

The primary goal of this study was to develop an understanding of the role of violence in the lives of homeless women and men. The objectives were to determine how many women and men have...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 18, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This dataset replicates the citizen reporting component of POLICE RESPONSE TIME ANALYSIS, 1975 (ICPSR 7760). Information is included on 4,095 reported incidents of aggravated assault,...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study examined the implementation of a specialized domestic violence unit within the San Diego County Sheriff's Department to determine whether the creation of the new unit would lead...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 21, 2013 at 10:02 AM

This study surveyed police chiefs and data analysts in order to determine the use of data in police departments. The surveys were sent to 1,379 police agencies serving populations of at least...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: July 06, 2011 at 10:26 AM

The purpose of this study was to determine whether adult sexual assault cases in a Midwestern community were more likely to be investigated and prosecuted after the implementation of a Sexual...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 18, 2006 at 12:00 AM

A leading sociological theory of crime is the "routine activities" approach (Cohen and Felson, 1979). The premise of this theory is that the rate of occurrence of crime is affected by the ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 26, 2012 at 10:54 AM

This study reexamined and recoded missing data in the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) for the years 1977 to 2000 for all police agencies in the United States. The principal investigator conducted a...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study was designed to describe the types and amount of force used by and against the police in Montgomery County, Maryland, for the seven years between January 1993 and December 1999....

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