AS PART OF A RESEARCH AGREEMENT PROGRAM BETWEEN THE HOOVER INSTITUTION AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, THE CENTER FOR ECONOMETRIC STUDIES OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WAS ESTABLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1975. THE WORK OF THE CENTER FOCUSES ON THE APPLICATION OF ECONOMETRICS TO THE ANALYSIS OF CRIME RATES AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. UTILIZING ECONOMETRIC TECHNIQUES, STUDIES ARE UNDERTAKEN TO IDENTIFY AND MEASURE THE IMPACT OF FACTORS AFFECTING CRIME RATES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO CONTROL THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY. THE CENTER IS ADMINISTERED AS PART OF THE HOOVER INSTITUTION'S DOMESTIC STUDIES PROGRAM. ALTHOUGH THE CENTER'S RESOURCES HAVE BEEN DEVOTED MAINLY TO EMPIRICAL STUDIES, METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES WERE EXPLORED IN THE EARLY STAGES OF OPERATIONS. RESEARCH EFFORTS INCLUDED THE REPORTS, 'ECONOMIC MODELS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR: AN OVERVIEW,' 'THE SUPPLY OF LEGAL AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY: AN ECONOMETRIC MODEL,' AND 'A NOTE ON USING DATA FOR INDIVIDUAL OFFENDERS IN ECONOMETRIC STUDIES OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM'. REGARDING EMPIRICAL STUDIES MOST OF THE CENTER'S EFFORTS HAVE BEEN DEVOTED TO CRIME AND CRIME CONTROL ISSUES, SPECIFICALLY, THE DETERRENCE ISSUE (TO DATE, FOUR MAJOR STUDIES CONCERNED WITH TESTING AND REFINING THE DETERRENCE HYPOTHESIS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED). TECHNICAL REPORTS ARE PREPARED FOR ALL MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SINGLE COPIES ARE PROVIDED ON REQUEST. REPORT TITLES INCLUDE 'PROPERTY CRIMES AND THE RETURNS TO LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE ACTIVITIES,' AND 'DOES REPORTING DETER BURGLARS? AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF RISK AND RETURN IN CRIME.' IN THE PROCESS OF PERFORMING EMPIRICAL STUDIES, A NUMBER OF UNIQUE DATA SETS HAVE BEEN CREATED INCLUDING DATA ON PROPERTY CRIME, VIOLENT CRIME, AND CITY VICTIMIZATION RATES. (LWM)