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Data Resources of the National Institute of Justice, Seventh Edition

NCJ Number
150037
Date Published
1994
Length
358 pages
Annotation
This document describes 211 datasets, contributed by 322 original principal investigators, that are maintained in the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) data resources collection.
Abstract
The NIJ Data Resources Program ensures the preservation and availability of research and evaluation data collected with public funds. This directory describes all NIJ-sponsored data available as of October 1994. Each abstract provides information on the basic purpose and methodology of the original research, the unit of observation, the number of records, the number of variables, and geographic and temporal coverage of the research. Abstracts are organized alphabetically according to principal investigator. The document also lists current and future data collections, and includes indexes arranged by topic and principal investigator.