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TITLE: Drugs, Alcohol, and Student Crime in the United States, April-May 1989
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): Bausell, Carole R., Charles E. Maloy, and Jan M. Sherrill.
SUMMARY
This project examined different aspects of campus crime -- specifically, the prevalence of crimes among college students, whether the crime rate was increasing or decreasing on college campuses, and the factors related to campus crime. Researchers made the assumption that crimes committed by and against college students were likely to be related to drug and alcohol use. Specific questions designed to be answered by the data include: (1) Do students who commit crimes differ in their use of drugs and alcohol from students who do not commit crimes? (2) Do students who are victims of crimes differ in their use of drugs and alcohol from students who are not victims? (3) How do multiple offenders differ from single offenders in their use of drugs and alcohol? (4) How do victims of violent crimes differ from victims of nonviolent crimes in their use of drugs and alcohol? (5) What types of student crimes are more strongly related to drug or alcohol use than others? (6) Other than drug and alcohol use, in what ways can victims and perpetrators of crimes be differentiated from students who have had no direct experiences with crime? Variables include basic demographic information, academic information, drug use information, and experiences with crime since becoming a student.
EXTENT OF COLLECTION: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements
EXTENT OF PROCESSING: CONCHK.PR/ DDEF.ICPSR/ MDATA.ICPSR/ REFORM.DATA/ REFORM.DOC/ SCAN/ UNDOCCHK.PR
DATA TYPE: survey data
TIME PERIOD: April 1989-May 1989
DATE OF COLLECTION: April 1989-May 1989
FUNDING AGENCY: United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice.