Nature and Patterns of Homicide in Eight American Cities, 1978
Description
This dataset contains detailed information on homicides in
eight United States cities: Philadelphia, Newark, Chicago, St. Louis,
Memphis, Dallas, Oakland, and "Ashton" (a representative large
western city). Detailed characteristics for each homicide victim
include time and date of homicide, age, gender, race, place of birth,
marital status, living arrangement, occupation, socioeconomic status
(SES), employment status, method of assault, location where homicide
occurred, relationship of victim to offender, circumstances surrounding
death, precipitation or resistance of victim, physical evidence
collected, victim's drug history, victim's prior criminal record, and
number of offenders identified. Data on up to two offenders and three
witnesses are also available and include the criminal history, justice
system disposition, and age, sex, and race of each offender.
Information on the age, sex, and race of each witness also was
collected, as were data on witness type (police informant, child,
eyewitness, etc.). Finally, information from the medical examiner's
records including results of narcotics and blood alcohol tests of the
victim are provided.
Resources
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Description |
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ICPSR08936.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08936.v1 |
Tags
- substance-abuse
- demographic-characteristics
- victims
- drug-use
- evidence
- homicide
- offenders