RT Research Data
T1 Impact of Casino Gambling on Crime in the Atlantic City Region, 1970-1984
A1 Hakim, Simon
LA English
PP Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar
PB [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
YR 1989
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1840061820
AB The aim of this data collection was to gauge the impact of legalized casino gambling on the level and spatial distribution of crime in the Atlantic City region by comparing crime rates before and after the introduction of this type of gambling in the area. Data for the years 1972 through 1984 were collected from various New Jersey state publications for 64 localities and include information on population size and density, population characteristics of race, age, per capita income, education and home ownership, real estate values, number of police employees and police expenditures, total city expenditure, and number of burglaries, larcenies, robberies and vehicle thefts. Spatial variables include population attributes standardized by land area in square miles, and measures of accessibility, location, and distance from Atlantic City. For the 1970/1980 data file, additional variables pertaining to population characteristics were created from census data to match economic and crime attributes found in the 1972-1984 data. Data on eight additional locations are available in the 1970/1980 file.
K1 Burglary
K1 casinos
K1 crime patterns
K1 Crime rates
K1 Gambling
K1 Police
K1 population characteristics
K1 population size
K1 Robbery
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.3886/ICPSR09237.v1