NIBRS HATE CRIME 1995 – 2000
INCIDENT-BASED FILE IN SPSS FORMAT
“nibrsincidentvictimoffender9500.sps”
James J. Nolan, III
F. Carson Mencken
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
_
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