Governmental Response to Crime in the United States, 1948-1978

• NCJ Number: 96096
• Author(s): H Jacob
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 72 pages
• Grant Number(s): 78-NI-AX-0096
• Corporate Author: Northwestern University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This codebook explains the content and coding used in the data file resulting from research on the growth of crime and government responses to it between 1948 and 1978 in 10 cities.

Abstract

The cities include Atlanta; Boston; Houston; Indianapolis; Minneapolis; Newark; Philadelphia; Phoenix; and San Jose and Oakland, Calif. The five data files include baseline information on all cities with 50,000 or more population, a file on the criminal justice activities and resources in the cities, city ordinances and State laws, and the news media coverage of crime and criminal justice issues.