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All of the data here can be downloaded.  All you need do is click on the appropriate link.  A data codebook is available for some of these datasets.  If you would like to request placing a dataset at this website, please contact Chris Rose, Ph. D. at chris_rose@stats-talk.com <chris_rose@stats-talk.com>.  If you prefer, I can arrange it so your permission is required before anyone can download your data from this website.
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National Opinion Survey of Crime and Justice, 1995: National Data

DESCRIPTION: The survey questions concern neighborhood atmosphere and presentation of crime in the media, worries regarding possible attacks--both robbery and physical attacks, confidence in and opinions of police and their effectiveness, problems dealing with courts, and attitudes regarding prisoners and prisons, drug laws, and drug problems, and juvenile gangs.  Other questions focus on attitudes concerning the death penalty, guns, and the availability of firearms.  Additional information expands on the respondent's sources of crime news and gang related questions are included.  Demographic information on respondents includes sex, age, race, income, education, and religion.

Population: Individual in the continental United States with a telephone in their residence.

Sampling: The survey employed a random sampling design.  The response rate from those sampled was 65%.

Sample Size = 1,005

   
Download NOSCJ dataset

   
NOSCJ DATASET modified for Student Version of SPSS

   
Download NOSCJ codebook
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Uniform Crime Reports 1995 (State Level Data)

DESCRIPTION: SPSS data file containing state-level data from the Uniform Crime Report study, 1995.

    
Download ucrstate.sav

    
Download ucrcb.pdf

ucrcb.pdf: Codebook for Uniform Crime Report county-level arrest and report data file AND the state-level arrest and report data file.  This is a PDF file and must be read using Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0, and is not readable with WORD or WORDPERFECT.  The Adobe Acrobat Reader is available free of charge at
www.adobe.com/homepage.html.

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Uniform Crime Reports 1995 (County Level Data)

DESCRIPTION:  SPSS data file containing state-level data from the Uniform Crime Report study, 1995.

    
Download ucr.sav

    
Download ucrcb.pdf

ucrcb.pdf: Codebook for Uniform Crime Report county-level arrest and report data file AND the state-level arrest and report data file.  This is a PDF file and must be read using Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0, and is not readable with WORD or WORDPERFECT.  The Adobe Acrobat Reader is available free of charge at
www.adobe.com/homepage.html.

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Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities (Sample of Original Data Set)

    
Download SISCF 1997 sampled data set

DESCRIPTION:  The following data set is a sample of a survey conducted by the Bureau of Census.  This original survey (Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities 1997) provides nationally representative data on state prison inmates and sentenced federal inmates held in federally owned and operated facilities.  Through personal interviews from June -October 1997, inmates in both state and federal prisons provided information about their current offense and sentence, criminal history, family background, gang membership, and prison activities, programs, and services.  *Since this is only a sampled version of this data, some of these variables and characteristics may not be present (1000 cases and 237 variables).  The entire data set can be downloaded from ICPSR.  Click
here, to visit the ICPSR website..
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DESCRIPTION:  Sampled data from the 2000 General Social Survey (n = 1500).

    
Download 2000 General Social Survey.

    
Download 2000 General Social Survey (criminal justice data), Part 1

    
Download 2000 General Social Survey (criminal justice data), Part 2
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DESCRIPTION:  A sample of 1400 college students from the 1993 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study.

    
Download 1993 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study.
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DESCRIPTION: Historical data on Chicago's police expenditures, number of police employees,  number of non-traffic arrests, and number of murder arrests from 1876 to 1973.

    
Download Historical Chicago Data.
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DESCRIPTION: 1993 Uniform Crime Reports (state-level data).


    
Download 1993 UCR state-level data.
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DESCRIPTION:
Criminal Justice Data on 78 countries.

    
Download World Criminal Justice Data.
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DESCRIPTION: The following data set was created by using a convenience sampling technique where 145 students at a midwestern university were surveyed concerning their beliefs and practices relating to alcohol and drug use.  Also included in the survey were questions relating to demographics, college life, parental beliefs and practices concerning alcohol and drug use, attitudes about religion, questions about their relationship with their parents, their work history, and so on.  If you would like to download the specific survey that was distributed,
click here.  If you have further questions concerning this dataset, contact Lindsay Ejnik <ejnikl36@uwosh.edu>, the researcher primarily responsible for collecting this data.

Download Alcohol and Drug Survey.
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University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Student Attitude and Drug Survey: 2006

DESCRIPTION: During the fall and spring semester of 2006 UWO undegraduate students were randomly selected to complete this survey (more info on this survey will be posted soon.

    
Download UWODS dataset
FREELY AVAILABLE GIS DATA (SHAPE FILES):

DESCRIPTION: GIS shapefiles for Marion County Indiana (country where Indianapolis is located).  These shapefiles include Marion County, as well as, water (lakes, reservoirs, and so on), key locations, and census tract data.  If you are one of my CRIM 375 (GIS) students, you will need these data for Project 1.  You should place all of these files within the same directory.  If I were you, I would name this directory: Project 1.

To download the Marion County (Indiana) shapefile data, you will need to download all of the following files:

tgr18097ctycu.shp
tgr18097ctycu.dbf
tgr18097ctycu.shx

To download the "Key Places" shapefile data for Marion County (Indiana), you will need to download all of the following files:

tgr18097placecu.shp
tgr18097placecu.dbf
tgr18097placecu.shx

To download the "census tract" shapefile data for Marion County (Indiana), you will need to download all of the following files:

tgr18097trt00.shp
tgr18097trt00.dbf
tgr18097trt00.shx

To download the "water" shapefile data for Marion County (Indiana), you will need to download all of the following files:

tgr18097wat.shp
tgr18097wat.dbf
tgr18097wat.shx

FREELY AVAILABLE GIS DATA (SHAPE FILES):

DESCRIPTION: GIS shapefiles for the state of Wisconsin.  These shapefiles can be used to create a map that reflects the homicide rates and counts for Wisconsin Counties in 1960.  If you are one of my CRIM 375 (GIS) students, you will need these data for Project 2.  You should place all of these files within the same directory.  If I were you, I would name this directory: Project 2.  If you would like to download a "how to" guide for project 2,
click here.

Wisconsin.dbf
Wisconsin.sbn
Wisconsin.sbx
Wisconsin.shp
Wisconsin.shx

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DESCRIPTION: GIS shapefiles for homicide rates and counts in the United States (1960 - 1990).  If you are one of my CRIM 375 (GIS) students, you will need these data for Project 4 and Project 5.  You should place all of these files within the same directory.  If I were you, I would name this directory: Project 4 and 5.

nat.shp
nat.dbf
nat.shx