NIBRS HATE CRIME 1995 – 2000

 

INCIDENT-BASED FILE IN SPSS FORMAT

 

“nibrsincidentvictimoffender9500.sps”

 

 

Code Book

 

 

 

 

James J. Nolan, III

West Virginia University

 

F. Carson Mencken

Baylor University

 

Jack McDevitt

Northeastern University

 

 

January 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This project was funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OODP) under grant number 2001-JR-BX-0006. 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Variables in NIBRS Incident-Level Hate Crime File (nibrsincidentvictimoffender9500.sps)

 

Variable

Number

Variable

Name

 

Variable Description

1

incident

Agency number (ORI) combined with incident number

2

vage

Age of youngest victim in the incident

3

numvicti

The number of victims in this incident

4

typevict

Category of incident based on age of youngest victim in the incident

5

oage

Age of youngest offender in the incident

6

numoffen

Number of offenders in the incident

7

typeoff

Category of incident  based on age of youngest offender in incident

8

agenum

Category of incident based on age group and number of offenders

9

vagenum

Category of incident based on age group and number of victims

10

state

State where incident occurred

11

incdate

Date of incident

12

repdate

Indicates whether the incdate (variable 11) reflects the incident date or report date

13

time

Time of incident

14

ucroffen

UCR offense code

15

ousing

Indicates whether the offender was suspected of using alcohol, drugs, etc.

16

location

Type of location where the incident occurred

17

weapon

Weapon or force used by the offender in the  incident

18

bias

Specific bias motivation in the incident

19

victype

Indicates whether the victim was an individual (person) or some other type, e.g., business, government, school, etc.

20

vrace

Race of first victim in the incident

21

vsex

Sex of first victim in the incident

22

victage

Age of first victim in the incident

23

injury

Injury suffered by the first victim in the incident

24

vorelati

Relationship of first victim in the incident to the first offender in the incident

25

osex

Sex of first offender in the incident

26

offage

Age of first offender in the incident

27

offrace

Race of first offender in the incident

28

arrdate

Date of arrest in the incident

29

aage

Age of first arrestee in incident

30

asex

Sex of first arrestee in incident

31

arace

Race of first arrestee in incident

32

aresiden

Resident status of first arrestee in incident

33

n_arrest

Number of individuals arrested in the incident

34

biastype

General category of bias in incident

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIST OF VARIABLES IN NIBRS INCIDENT-LEVEL HATE CRIME FILE (1995-2000) file name “nibrsincidentvictimoffender9500.sps”

Name                                                                   Position

 

INCIDENT  agency ori and incident number                                      1

          Measurement Level: Nominal

          Column Width: 25  Alignment: Left

          Print Format: A25

          Write Format: A25

 

VAGE      age of youngest victim                                              5

          Measurement Level: Nominal

          Column Width: 5  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F3

          Write Format: F3

 

NUMVICTI  number of victims                                                   6

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F7

          Write Format: F7

 

TYPEVICT  type of victim                                                      7

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F8

          Write Format: F8

 

          Value    Label

 

              1    less than 18

              2    18-24

              3    25-39

              4    40 plus

              5    unknown or not applicable

 

OAGE      age of youngest offender                                            8

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F2

          Write Format: F2

 

          Value    Label

 

              0    Unknown

             99    Over 98 yrs

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMOFFEN  number of offenders                                                 9

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F7

          Write Format: F7

 

TYPEOFF   type offender                                                      10

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F8

          Write Format: F8

 

          Value    Label

 

              1    Less than 18

              2    18-24

              3    25-39

              4    40 plus

              5    age unknown

              6    unknown offender(s)

 

AGENUM    age group and number of offenders                                  11

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F8

          Write Format: F8

 

          Value    Label

 

              1    single juvenile

              2    multiple offenders with juvenile

              3    single adult

              4    multiple adult

              5    single unknown

              6    multiple unknown

 

VAGENUM   victim age and number                                              12

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F8

          Write Format: F8

 

          Value    Label

 

              1    single victim - juvenile

              2    multiple victims - juvenile(s)

              3    single victim - adult

              4    multiple victims - adults

              5    unknown/not applicable

 

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STATE     State name                                                         13

          Measurement Level: Ordinal

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F2

          Write Format: F2

 

          Value    Label

 

              5    CO

              6    CT

              8    DC

             11    ID

             14    IA

             15    KS

             16    KY

             20    MA

             21    MI

             22    MN

             26    NB

             33    ND

             34    OH

             39    SC

             41    TN

             42    TX

             43    UT

             44    VT

_            45    VA

             47    WV

            

INCDATE   date of incident                                                   14

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F8

          Write Format: F8

 

REPDATE   report date indicator                                              15

          Measurement Level: Nominal

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Left

          Print Format: A1

          Write Format: A1

 

            Value  Label

 

            Blank  Incident date

            R      Report date

 

TIME      time of incident                                                   16

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F2

          Write Format: F2

 

UCROFFEN  UCR offense code                                                   17

          Measurement Level: Nominal

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Left

          Print Format: A3

          Write Format: A3

 

            Value  Label

 

            09A    Murder/Nonnegligent Manslaughter

            09B    Negligent Manslaughter

            09C    Justifiable Homicide

            100    Kidnaping/Abduction

            11A    Forcible Rape

            11B    Forcible Sodomy

            11C    Sexual Assault With An Object

            11D    Forcible Fondling

            120    Robbery

            13A    Aggravated Assault

            13B    Simple Assault

            13C    Intimidation

            200    Arson

            210    Extortion/Blackmail

            220    Burglary/Breaking and Entering

            23A    Pocket-picking

            23B    Purse-snatching

            23C    Shoplifting

            23D    Theft From Building

            23E    Theft From Coin-Operated Machine or Device

            23F    Theft From Motor Vehicle

            23G    Theft of Motor Vehicle Parts/Accessories

            23H    All Other Larceny

            240    Motor Vehicle Theft

            250    Counterfeiting/Forgery

            26A    False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game

            26B    Credit Card/Automatic Teller Machine Fraud

            26C    Impersonation

            26D    Welfare Fraud

            26E    Wire Fraud

            270    Embezzlement

            280    Stolen Property Offenses

            290    Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property

            35A    Drug/Narcotic Violations

            35B    Drug Equipment Violations

            36A    Incest

            36B    Statutory Rape

            370    Pornography/Obscene Material

            39A    Betting/Wagering

            39B    Operating/Promoting/Assisting Gambling

            39C    Gambling Equipment Violations

            39D    Sports Tampering

            40A    Prostitution

            40B    Assisting or Promoting Prostitution

            510    Bribery

            520    Weapon Law Violations

            90A    Bad Checks

            90B    Curfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations

            90C    Disorderly Conduct