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    • Deterrent Effects of Arrests and Imprisonment in the United States, 1960-1977

    Metadata Updated: November 28, 2023

    Emerging from the tradition of econometric models of deterrence and crime, this study attempts to improve estimates of how crime rates are affected by the apprehension and punishment of persons charged with criminal activity. These data are contained in two files: Part 1, State Data, consists of a panel of observations from each of the 50 states and contains information on crime rates, clearance rates, length of time served, probability of imprisonment, socioeconomic factors such as unemployment rates, population levels, and income levels, and state and local expenditures for police protection. Part 2, SMSA Data, consists of a panel of 77 SMSAs and contains information on crime rates, clearance rates, length of time served, probability of imprisonment, socioeconomic factors such as employment rates, population levels, and income levels, and taxation and expenditure information.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date November 28, 2023

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    Harvested from DOJ JSON

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date November 28, 2023
    Publisher National Institute of Justice
    Maintainer
    Identifier 3721
    Data First Published 1984-03-18T00:00:00
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2005-11-04T00:00:00
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 011:21
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://www.justice.gov/data.json
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    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 011:060
    Publisher Hierarchy Office of Justice Programs > National Institute of Justice
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 8526696a2c71e95787d44c7693391bb3278b88a07ea99a4116134ae58efa3242
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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