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Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Crime, 1948-1977 (Racine, Wisconsin) - City Ecological Data

NCJ Number
96129
Author(s)
L W Shannon
Date Published
1984
Length
43 pages
Annotation
This codebook explains the nature of the data collected on juvenile and adult crime in Racine, Wis., for 1950, 1960, and 1970; it presents the codes used in organizing the data, showing the characteristics of each block in the city for those years, as selected from the U.S. Census of Housing.
Abstract
These block data have been aggregated into census tracts, police grid areas, natural areas, and neighborhoods. The information contained in the block data file is intended to be used to merge data onto any of the files described in the codebook regarding juvenile delinquency and adult crime in Racine.