NCJ Number
163062
Date Published
1996
Length
389 pages
Annotation
This volume provides summary information about the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ) data resources collection and describes 246 datasets contributed by 363 original principal investigators sponsored by NIJ.
Abstract
Each abstract provides information on the basic purpose and methodology of the original research, the unit of observation, the number of records, the number of variables, and the geographic and temporal coverage of the research. Information is also provided about the file structure and publications derived from the data. The abstracts are organized alphabetically by principal investigator. Copies of codebooks and user guides can be obtained free of charge from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. Information on obtaining computer-readable copies of NIJ-sponsored data and indexes of topics and principal investigators