{"@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 survey of crime victims was undertaken to determine\r\n whether state constitutional amendments and other legal measures\r\n designed to protect crime victims' rights had been effective. It was\r\n designed to test the hypothesis that the strength of legal protection\r\n for victims' rights has a measurable impact on how victims are treated\r\n by the criminal justice system and on their perceptions of the\r\n system. A related hypothesis was that victims from states with strong\r\n legal protection would have more favorable experiences and greater\r\n satisfaction with the system than those from states where legal\r\n protection is weak. The Victim Survey (Parts 1, 4-7) collected\r\n information on when and where the crime occurred, characteristics of\r\n the perpetrators, use of force, police response, victim services, type\r\n of information given to the victim by the criminal justice system, the\r\n victim's level of participation in the criminal justice system, how\r\n the case ended, sentencing and restitution, the victim's satisfaction\r\n with the criminal justice system, and the effects of the crime on the\r\n victim. Demographic variables in the file include age, race, sex,\r\n education, employment, and income. In addition to the victim survey,\r\n criminal justice and victim assistance professionals at the state and\r\n local levels were surveyed because these professionals affect crime\r\n victims' ability to recover from and cope with the aftermath of the\r\n offense and the stress of participation in the criminal justice\r\n system. The Survey of State Officials (Parts 2 and 8) collected data\r\n on officials' opinions of the criminal justice system, level of\r\n funding for the agency, types of victims' rights provided by the\r\n state, how victims' rights provisions had changed the criminal justice\r\n system, advantages and disadvantages of such legislation, and\r\n recommendations for future legislation. The Survey of Local Officials\r\n (Parts 3 and 9) collected data on officials' opinions of the criminal\r\n justice system, level of funding, victims' rights to information about\r\n and participation in the criminal justice process, victim impact\r\nstatements, and restitution.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02467.v1", "title": "Impact of Constitutional and Statutory Protection on Crime Victims' Rights in Four States in the United States, 1995"}], "identifier": "3126", "issued": "1999-07-16T00:00:00", "keyword": ["constitutional amendments", "criminal justice system", "process evaluation", "victim rights", "victim safety", "victim services", "victims"], "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": "Impact of Constitutional and Statutory Protection on Crime Victims' Rights in Four States in the United States, 1995"}