Public and Private Resources in Public Safety (United States): Metropolitan Area Panel Data, 1977 and 1982

• NCJ Number: 115309
• Author(s): E W Zedlewski
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 69 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This analysis explains the variables and coding system used in gathering a set of data focusing on measures of public safety in all standard metropolitan statistical areas for the United States at two time periods: 1977 and 1982.

Abstract

The variables include the numbers and types of municipal employees, municipal employment in relation to total population, size of payrolls, municipal revenues from different types of sources, nonmunicipal employment in basic economic areas, and crime rates for murder, robbery, auto theft, and rape. Additional variables are the labor force and unemployment, property values, and other miscellaneous topics.