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This dataset contains information related to new violent criminal activity (NVCA) as an outcome. It includes pre-treatment covariates, a binary treatment variable (Z), an ordinal decision variable (D), and an outcome variable (Y). The dataset provides a rich set of variables that can be used to analyze factors influencing violent crime recidivism, with a focus on various demographic and criminal history attributes.

Usage

data(NVCAdata_tbl_df)

Format

A tibble with 1,891 observations and 19 variables:

Sex

Sex of the individual (numeric).

White

Indicates if the individual is White (numeric).

SexWhite

Indicates if the individual is both White and male (numeric).

Age

Age of the individual (numeric).

PendingChargeAtTimeOfOffense

Pending charge at the time of offense (numeric).

NCorNonViolentMisdemeanorCharge

Non-violent misdemeanor charge (numeric).

ViolentMisdemeanorCharge

Violent misdemeanor charge (numeric).

ViolentFelonyCharge

Violent felony charge (numeric).

NonViolentFelonyCharge

Non-violent felony charge (numeric).

PriorMisdemeanorConviction

Prior misdemeanor conviction (numeric).

PriorFelonyConviction

Prior felony conviction (numeric).

PriorViolentConviction

Prior violent conviction (numeric).

PriorSentenceToIncarceration

Prior sentence to incarceration (numeric).

PriorFTAInPastTwoYears

Prior failure to appear in the past two years (numeric).

PriorFTAOlderThanTwoYears

Prior failure to appear older than two years (numeric).

Staff_ReleaseRecommendation

Staff release recommendation (numeric).

Z

Binary treatment variable (numeric).

D

Ordinal decision variable (numeric).

Y

Outcome variable indicating new violent criminal activity (numeric).

Source

Interim data on violent criminal activity (NVCA).

Details

The dataset name has been changed to 'NVCAdata_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the crimedatasets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'tbl_df' indicates that the dataset is a tibble in R. The original content has not been modified in any way.