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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 16, 1992 at 12:00 AM

The circumstances surrounding "justifiable homicides" by police are the focus of this data collection, which examines occurrences in 57 United States cities during the period 1970-1979....

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

This collection evaluates the impact of a new foot patrol plan, implemented by the Boston Police Department, on incidents of crime and neighborhood disturbances. Part 1 contains information...

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

This study was the first attempt to investigate gang migration systematically and on a national level. The primary objectives of the study were (1) to identify the scope of gang migration...

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

The Department of Justice launched Operation Weed and Seed in 1991 as a means of mobilizing a large and varied array of resources in a comprehensive, coordinated effort to control crime and...

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

This study examines the question of how some urban neighborhoods maintain a low crime rate despite their proximity and similarity to relatively high crime areas. The purpose of the study is to...

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

The Domestic Violence Research Project was a pilot study designed to examine the dynamics of domestic violence within two of the ten police districts that comprise the city of Boston. The ...

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

The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act of 1984 (FVPSA) provided funding, through the Office of Victims of Crime in the United States Department of Justice, for 23 law enforcement ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 28, 2011 at 01:22 PM

The purpose of the study was to investigate how and why injuries occur to police and citizens during use of force events. The research team conducted a national survey (Part 1) of a stratified...

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

The focus of this research and evaluation endeavor was on direct service programs in Ohio, particularly advocacy services for female victims of violence, receiving funding through the...

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

In 1996 the Institute for Law and Justice (ILJ) began an evaluation of the law enforcement and prosecution components of the "STOP Violence Against Women" grant program authorized by the...

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

This study represents a modified replication of the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment (SPECIFIC DETERRENT EFFECTS OF ARREST FOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT: MINNEAPOLIS, 1981-1982 [ICPSR...

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

These data were collected to examine the patterns of communication among police planners in the United States. The focus was on information-sharing, in which police planners and others ...

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

The purpose of this study was to replicate an experiment in Minneapolis (MINNEAPOLIS INTERVENTION PROJECT, 1986-1987 [ICPSR 9808]) testing alternative police response to cases of spouse...

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

This study reexamines REPEAT COMPLAINT ADDRESS POLICING: TWO FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS, 1985-1987 (ICPSR 9788). The original Repeat Complaint Address Policing (RECAP) experiment was a ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: July 13, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study is a replication and extension of an experiment conducted in Minneapolis (MINNEAPOLIS INTERVENTION PROJECT, 1986-1987 [ICPSR 9808]) to test the efficacy of three types of police...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: August 06, 2001 at 12:00 AM

The Quincy, Massachusetts, District Court initiated an aggressive, pro-intervention strategy for dealing with domestic violence cases in 1986. This study was funded to examine the workings ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 10, 2007 at 12:00 AM

This research study was designed to pursue three specific goals to accomplish its objective of enhancing knowledge about Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams and the role they play in ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 06, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Using data from five Spouse Assault Replication Program (SARP) sites, this study examined the extent to which domestic violence offenders exhibit a specialized proclivity toward violence and...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 03, 2013 at 12:19 PM

The study was conducted to determine law enforcement's role in protecting American agriculture from terrorism. In particular, the study looked at what effect a widespread introduction of Foot and...

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

The purpose of this data collection was to follow a birth cohort born in Philadelphia during 1958 with a special focus on delinquent activities as children and as adults. The respondents...

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