{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "This study was designed to measure changes that occur in\r\n criminal behavior as offenders move through life. It investigated the\r\n patterns of criminal behavior that occurred over ten to fifteen years\r\n for men whose early criminal involvement was serious enough to result\r\n in commitment to California Youth Authority (state-level)\r\n institutions. The main focus of the study was on changes in criminal\r\n behavior as these men moved through their 20s and into their 30s. This\r\n study extended and expanded the follow-up data for the study EARLY\r\n IDENTIFICATION OF THE CHRONIC OFFENDER, [1978-1980: CALIFORNIA] (ICPSR\r\n 8226). Half of the sample from the earlier study was used in the\r\n present study, along with smaller samples of adult offenders with no\r\n history of state-level commitments as juveniles. These data allow for\r\n analyses of adult patterns of criminal behavior and the relationship\r\n of the patterns to various explanatory variables. Part 1, Offense\r\n Data, contains arrest information covering the period after parole\r\n from the California Youth Authority through the date of data\r\n collection. Variables include entry and release dates to jail,\r\n prison, or probation, the most serious offense and charge, total\r\n number of offenses for violent, property, and all crimes, and dates of\r\n arrest, offense codes, and number of counts for all arrests.\r\n These arrest data incorporate the arrest data contained in EARLY\r\n IDENTIFICATION OF THE CHRONIC OFFENDER, [1978-1980: CALIFORNIA]\r\n (ICPSR 8226) for all California Youth Authority cases in the current\r\n study. Part 2,\r\n Arrest Data by Age and Year, contains counts of arrest charges by type\r\n of offense (violent or nonviolent) and by age and calendar year. Part\r\n 3, Arrest Data for Specific Offenses, contains counts of more specific\r\n arrest charges for four-year age blocks (from 18 through 30-plus) for\r\n 21 types of offenses, including murder, assault, rape, robbery,\r\n burglary, theft, forgery, arson, and drug possession. Variables\r\n include months of street time, months of incarceration, and total\r\n arrests. Part 4, Prison and Probation Data, contains information on\r\n prison or probation terms and arrest and lifestyle characteristics for\r\n the year immediately prior to and following jail or prison. Variables\r\n include family criminal history, family life, education, entry and\r\n release dates, offenses, treatment and training while incarcerated,\r\n gang affiliation, psychological evaluation, drug use, employment\r\n history, and marital status. Part 5, Social History Data, contains\r\n lifestyle characteristics by age and year. Variables include drug and\r\n alcohol use, marital status, living arrangements, and employment\r\nhistory. All files contain age and race variables.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02478.v1", "title": "Longitudinal Study of Criminal Career Patterns of Former California Youth Authority Wards, 1965-1984"}], "identifier": "3127", "issued": "1999-02-03T00:00:00", "keyword": ["arrest records", "career criminals", "crime patterns", "criminal histories", "criminality", "male offenders", "recidivism"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2006-03-30T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Longitudinal Study of Criminal Career Patterns of Former California Youth Authority Wards, 1965-1984"}