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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
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.