Human Rights Abuses in the Pinochet Regime (1973–1990) — pinochet_regime

This dataset, pinochet_regime_df, is a data frame containing detailed information about human rights violations that occurred in Chile during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, spanning from 1973 to 1990. The data includes victim-level records such as names, age, gender, affiliation, nature of the violence, methods used, and geographic information when available. It is based on the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report (1991, ISBN:9780268016463). The dataset also includes georeferenced locations across multiple levels for incidents where such data could be retrieved.

Usage

data(pinochet_regime_df)

Format

A data frame with 2,398 observations and 59 variables:

individual_id: Victim ID
group_id: Group ID for collective incidents
start_date_daily: Start date (day precision)
end_date_daily: End date (day precision)
start_date_monthly: Start date (month precision)
end_date_monthly: End date (month precision)
last_name: Victim's last name
first_name: Victim's first name
minor: Indicator if victim was a minor
age: Age of the victim
male: Indicator if victim was male
occupation: Victim's occupation
occupation_detail: Detailed occupation description
victim_affiliation: Affiliation of the victim
victim_affiliation_detail: Detailed affiliation
violence: Type of violence experienced
method: Method of violence
interrogation: Interrogation indicator
torture: Torture indicator
mistreatment: Mistreatment indicator
targeted: Targeting category
press: Indicator for press involvement
war_tribunal: War tribunal indicator
number_previous_arrests: Number of previous arrests
perpetrator_affiliation: Affiliation of perpetrator
perpetrator_affiliation_detail: Detailed affiliation of perpetrator
nationality: Victim's nationality
place_1: First incident location
location_1: First location detail
latitude_1: Latitude of first location
longitude_1: Longitude of first location
exact_coordinates_1: Indicator of coordinate precision (1 = exact)
place_2: Second incident location
location_2: Second location detail
latitude_2: Latitude of second location
longitude_2: Longitude of second location
exact_coordinates_2: Indicator of coordinate precision (2nd)
place_3: Third incident location
location_3: Third location detail
latitude_3: Latitude of third location
longitude_3: Longitude of third location
exact_coordinates_3: Indicator of coordinate precision (3rd)
place_4: Fourth incident location
location_4: Fourth location detail
latitude_4: Latitude of fourth location
longitude_4: Longitude of fourth location
exact_coordinates_4: Indicator of coordinate precision (4th)
place_5: Fifth incident location
location_5: Fifth location detail
latitude_5: Latitude of fifth location
longitude_5: Longitude of fifth location
exact_coordinates_5: Indicator of coordinate precision (5th)
place_6: Sixth incident location
location_6: Sixth location detail
latitude_6: Latitude of sixth location
longitude_6: Longitude of sixth location
exact_coordinates_6: Indicator of coordinate precision (6th)
page: Source page in the original report
additional_comments: Additional remarks or context

Source

Data taken from the pinochet package version 0.1.0.

Details

The dataset name has been kept as pinochet_regime_df to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the ChileDataAPI package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix df indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified.