NCJ Number
103941
Date Published
1986
Length
23 pages
Annotation
Following a brief description of the 1984 survey of the attitudes of New York City subway riders toward subway crime and Guardian Angels' efforts to prevent it, this manual presents survey codebooks and the questionnaire.
Abstract
The data pertain to the potential effectiveness of the Guardian Angels (a juvenile crime prevention group) in their efforts to combat fear and crime in the New York City subways. Respondents were asked about their perceived fear of crime while riding the subways, the likelihood of their becoming crime victims, their opinions about the crime problem on the subways, and their knowledge and observations of the Guardian Angels. The codebook correlates 49 variables with questionnaire answers. Another codebook organizes data on the persons and circumstances involved in refusals to answer survey questions. The structured questionnaire contains 14 questions.