NIBRS HATE CRIME 1995 – 2000
VICTIM-BASED FILE IN SPSS FORMAT
“nibrsvictimfile9500.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 (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