Crime Changes in Baltimore, 1970-1994
Description
These data were collected to examine the relationships
among crime rates, residents' attitudes, physical deterioration, and
neighborhood structure in selected urban Baltimore neighborhoods. The
data collection provides both block- and individual-level neighborhood
data for two time periods, 1981-1982 and 1994. The block-level files
(Parts 1-6) include information about physical conditions, land use,
people counts, and crime rates. Parts 1-3, the block assessment files,
contain researchers' observations of street layout, traffic, housing
type, and general upkeep of the neighborhoods. Part 1, Block
Assessments, 1981 and 1994, contains the researchers' observations of
sampled blocks in 1981, plus selected variables from Part 3 that
correspond to items observed in 1981. Nonsampled blocks (in Part 2)
are areas where block assessments were done, but no interviews were
conducted. The "people counts" file (Part 4) is an actual count of
people seen by the researchers on the sampled blocks in 1994.
Variables for this file include the number, gender, and approximate
age of the people seen and the types of activities they were engaged
in during the assessment. Part 5, Land Use Inventory for Sampled
Blocks, 1994, is composed of variables describing the types of
buildings in the neighborhood and their physical condition. Part 6,
Crime Rates and Census Data for All Baltimore Neighborhoods,
1970-1992, includes crime rates from the Baltimore Police Department
for aggravated assault, burglary, homicide, larceny, auto theft, rape,
and robbery for 1970-1992, and census information from the 1970, 1980,
and 1990 United States Censuses on the composition of the housing
units and the age, gender, race, education, employment, and income of
residents. The individual-level files (Parts 7-9) contain data from
interviews with neighborhood leaders, as well as telephone surveys of
residents. Part 7, Interviews with Neighborhood Leaders, 1994,
includes assessments of the level of involvement in the community by
the organization to which the leader belongs and the types of
activities sponsored by the organization. The 1982 and 1994 surveys of
residents (Parts 8 and 9) asked respondents about different aspects of
their neighborhoods, such as physical appearance, problems, and crime
and safety issues, as well as the respondents' level of satisfaction
with and involvement in their neighborhoods. Demographic information
on respondents, such as household size, length of residence, marital
status, income, gender, and race, is also provided in this file.
Resources
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ICPSR02352.v2 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02352.v2 |
Tags
- attitudes
- neighborhood-conditions
- urban-decline
- urban-areas
- neighborhood-change
- neighborhoods
- community-involvement
- crime-rates
- urban-crime