NIBRS HATE CRIME 1995 – 2000

 

VICTIM-BASED FILE IN SPSS FORMAT

 

“nibrsvictimfile9500.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 (OJJDP) under grant number 2001-JR-BX-0006. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Variables in NIBRS Victim-Based Hate Crime File (nibrsvictimfile9500.sps)

 

Variable

Number

Variable

Name

 

Variable Description

1

incident

Agency number (ORI) combined with incident number

2

numvicti

The total number of victims in the incident

3

typevict

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

4

numoffen

The number of offenders in this incident

5

typeoff

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

6

agenum

Category of incident based on age group and number of offenders

7

vagenum

Category of incident based on age group and number of victims

8

state

State where incident occurred

9

incdate

Date of incident

10

UCR1

UCR offense code for offense #1

11

UCR2

UCR offense code for offense #2

12

UCR3

UCR offense code for offense #3

13

vtype

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

14

vage

Victim age

15

vsex

Victim sex

16

vrace

Victim race

17

vethn

Victim ethnicity

18

vresiden

Resident status of the victim

19

injury1

Nature of victim’s injury #1

20

injury2

Nature of victim’s injury #2

21

injury3

Nature of victim’s injury #3

22

O1

Indicator of first offender in incident

23

vorel1

Relationship of victim to first offender in incident

24

O2

Indicator of second offender in incident

25

Vorel2

Relationship of victim to second offender in incident

26

using11

Offender 1 suspected of using... #1

27

using12

Offender 1 suspected of using… #2

28

using13

Offender 1 suspected of using… #3

29

using21

Offender 2 suspected of using… #1

30

using22

Offender 2 suspected of using… #2

31

using23

Offender 2 suspected of using… #3

32

using31

Offender 3 suspected of using… #1

33

using32

Offender 3 suspected of using… #2

34

using33

Offender 3 suspected of using… #3

35

locat1

First location of occurrence listed in the incident

36

locat2

Second location of occurrence listed in the incident

37

locat3

Third location of occurrence listed in the incident

38

numprem

Number of premises entered

39

entry1

Method of entry #1

40

entry2

Method of entry #2

41

entry3

Method of entry #3

42

crim11

Type criminal activity – added information on incident (up to three per offense)

43

crim12

Type criminal activity – added information on incident (up to three per offense)

44

crim13

Type criminal activity – added information on incident (up to three per offense)

45

crim21

Type criminal activity – added information on incident (up to three per offense)

46

crim22

Type criminal activity – added information on incident (up to three per offense)

47

crim23

Type criminal activity – added information on incident (up to three per offense)

48

crim31

Type criminal activity – added information on incident (up to three per offense)

49

crim32

Type criminal activity – added information on incident (up to three per offense)

50

crim33

Type criminal activity – added information on incident (up to three per offense)

51

wea11

Weapon/force used – up to three per offense in each incident – first offense/first weapon

52

wea12

Weapon/force used – up to three per offense in each incident – first offense/second weapon

53

wea13

Weapon/force used – up to three per offense in each incident – first offense/third weapon

54

wea21

Weapon/force used – up to three per offense in each incident – second offense/first weapon

55

wea22

Weapon/force used – up to three per offense in each incident – second offense/second weapon

56

wea23

Weapon/force used – up to three per offense in each incident – second offense/third weapon

57

wea31

Weapon/force used – up to three per offense in each incident – third offense/first weapon

58

wea32

Weapon/force used – up to three per offense in each incident – third offense/second weapon

59

wea33

Weapon/force used – up to three per offense in each incident – third offense/third weapon

60

bias1

Bias motivation for first offense in the incident

61

bias2

Bias motivation for second offense in the incident

62

bias3

Bias motivation for third offense in the incident

63

biastype

General category of bias in incident

64

agecateg

Age category of the victim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIST OF VARIABLES IN NIBRS HATE CRIME VICTIM-LEVEL FILE (1995-2000)

File name – “nibrsvictimfile9500.sps”

 

Name                                                                   Position

 

INCIDENT  agency ori and incident number                                      1

          Measurement Level: Nominal

          Column Width: 25  Alignment: Left

          Print Format: A25

          Write Format: A25

 

NUMVICTI  number of victims in incident                                       5

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F7

          Write Format: F7

 

TYPEVICT  type of victim (age category based on youngest victim in inc        6

          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

 

NUMOFFEN  number of offenders in incident                                     7

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F7

          Write Format: F7

 

TYPEOFF   type of offender (age category based on youngest offender in        8

          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 of youngest offender and number of offenders in incident        9

          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   age of youngest victim and number of victims in incident           10

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 11  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                                                         11

          Measurement Level: Scale

          Column Width: 8  Alignment: Right

          Print Format: F2

          Write Format: F2