New York Drug Law Evaluation Project, 1973  (ICPSR 7656 )

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New York Drug Law Evaluation Project, 1973

7656

Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Drug Abuse Council, Inc.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

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August, 31, 2000

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Jon Brode

New York Drug Law Evaluation Project, 1973

7656

Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Drug Abuse Council, Inc.

New York Drug Law Evaluation Project, 1973

7656

Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Drug Abuse Council, Inc.

NEW YORK DRUG LAW EVALUATION PROJECT, 1973 PREDICATE FELONY FILE (ICPSR STUDY 7656) PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND THE DRUG ABUSE COUNCIL, INC. ICPSR EDITION FIRST PRINTING, 1979 INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH P.O. BOX 1248 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48106 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ASSISTANCE All manuscripts utilizing data made available through the Consortium should acknowledge that fact as well as identify the original collector of the data. The ICPSR Council urges all users of the ICPSR data facilites to follow some adaption of this statement with the parentheses indicating items to be filled in appropriately or deleted by the individual user. THE DATA (AND TABULATIONS) UTILIZED IN THIS (PUBLICATION) WERE MADE AVAILABLE (IN PART) BY THE INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH. THE DATA FOR THE NEW YORK DRUG LAW EVALUATION PROJECT WERE ORIGINALLY COLLECTED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND THE DRUG ABUSE COUNCIL, INC., WITH FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION. NEITHER THE COLLECTORS OF THE ORIGINAL DATA NOR THE CONSORTIUM BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ANALYSES OR INTERPRETATIONS PRESENTED HERE. In order to provide funding agencies with essential information about the use of archival resources and to facilitate the exchange of information about ICPSR participants' research activities, each user of ICPSR data facilities is expected to send two copies of each completed manuscript (or thesis abstract) to the Consortium. Please indicate in the cover letter which data were used. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. INTRODUCTION DATA DESCRIPTION I FILE STRUCTURE AND PROCESSING INFORMATION II SAMPLING INFORMATION II CODEBOOK INFORMATION III VARIABLE DESCRIPTION LIST V CODEBOOK 1 I DATA DESCRIPTION In 1973 New York State radically revised its criminal law relating to illegal drug use. The law was changed to prescribe severe and mandatory penalties for narcotic drug offenses at all levels and for the most serious offenses involving many other drugs. Shortly after the 1973 law went into effect, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Drug Abuse Council jointly organized a Committee and research project to collect data about the 1973 law and to evaluate the law's effectiveness. The objectives of the New York Drug Law Evaluation Project were: (1) to ascertain what happened as a result of the the 1973 drug law revision; (2) to analyze why it happened; and (3) to identify any general principals or specific lessons that can be derived from the New York state experience and that can be helpful to New York or to other states. Since the New York Legislature significantly changed the 1973 drug law in 1976, the Project dealt with developments over the period September 1973-June 1976, when the law was in full force. The Predicate Felony data file contains information for 443 cases, with 43 variables. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the 1973 predicate felony provisions on crime committed by repeat offenders. RELATED PUBLICATIONS Sentencing Patterns Under the 1973 New York State Drug Law, Drug Law Evaluation Project, October 1976. The Nation's Toughest Drug Law: Evaluating the New York Experience, THe Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Drug Abuse Council,Inc. II FILE STRUCTURE AND PROCESSING INFORMATION The data have been examined and reformatted from the original release version. All blanks and non-numeric characters have been removed. The archive file consists of three physical files stored on magnetic tape: a machine readable users guide which documents the data for the human user, an OSIRIS Type 1 dictionary file which describes the data to a computer program, and a data file. This OSIRIS data file is constructed with a single 87 byte record for each case. The OSIRIS data file can be accessed directly by software packages which do not use the OSIRIS dictionary by specifying the tape locations. SAMPLING INFORMATION Two random samples were taken for the study. One consisted of randomly selected days between October, 1970 and September, 1971. The other sample consisted of randomly selected days between October, 1972 and September, 1973. For each selected day, all cases where a person had been convicted of a non-drug felony and given a non-incarceration sentence were selected. All information about the offender was noted. This information was then given to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. The DJCS traced the criminal histories of each offender through December, 1976. Only cases where "rap sheets" (criminal histories) were found, were used. III V VARIABLE DESCRIPTION LIST VAR. NO. 1. ICPSR Study Number - 7656 2. File Number - 1 3. Version Number - 1 4. Sequential Identification Number Identification Information -------------------------- 5. County of Felony Conviction 6. Year of Felony Conviction 7. Sex 8. Age At First Arrest Time Between Arrests -------------------- 9. Years Between First Arrest and This Arrest 10. Months Between First Arrest and This Arrest 11. Age At Arrest For Crime Sample Conviction Occurred 12. Years Between This Arrest and December 1976 13. Months Between This Arrest and December 1976 Previous Arrests ---------------- 14. Total Number of Previous Felony Arrests 15. Total Number of Previous Misdemeanor Arrests 16. Total Number of Previous Non-Drug Felony Arrests 17. Total Number of Previous Non-Drug Misdemeanor Arrests 18. Total Number of Previous Drug Felony Arrests 19. Total Number of Previous Drug Misdemeanor Arrests 20. Total Number of Previous Drunk Driving Felony Arrests 21. Total Number of Previous Drunk Driving Misdemeanor Arrests Subsequent Arrests ------------------ 22. Number of Felony Arrests After This One 23. Number of Misdemeanor Arrests After This One VI 24. Number of Non-Drug Felony Arrests After This One 25. Number of Non-Drug Misdemeanor Arrests After This One 26. Number of Drug Felony Arrests After This One 27. Number of Drug Misdemeanor Arrests After This One 28. Number of Drunk Driving Felony Arrests After This One 29. Number of Drunk Driving Misdemeanor Arrests After This One Time Incarcerated ----------------- 30. Years Incarcerated Between First Arrest and This Arrest 31. Months Incarcerated Between First Arrest and This Arrest 32. Years Incarcerated Between This Arrest and December 1976 33. Months Incarcerated Between This Arrest and December 1976 Subsequent Arrests ------------------ 34. Number Felony Arrests After This Arrest 35. Number Misdemeanor Arrests After This Arrest Short-Span Arrests ------------------ 36. Number Short-Span Felony Drug Arrests 37. Number Short-Span Misdemeanor Drug Arrests 38. Number Short-Span Felony Non-Drug Arrests 39. Number Short-Span Misdemeanor Non-Drug Arrests 40. Number Short-Span Felony Drunk Driving Arrests 41. Number Short-Span Misdemeanor Drunk Driving Arrests Short-Span Incarceration ------------------------ 42. Short-Span Years Incarcerated 43. Short-Span Months Incarcerated DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '01' DK 1 COL 1- 2 ----------------------------

• ICPSR STUDY NUMBER
• ICPSR FILE NUMBER
• ICPSR VERSION NUMBER
• SEQUENTIAL ID NUMBER
• COUNTY OF FELONY CONVICT
• YEAR OF FELONY CONVICTN
• SEX
• AGE AT SAMPLE ARREST
• YRS BETWN 1ST,THIS ARRST
• MTH BETWN 1ST,THIS ARRST
• AGE AT THIS ARREST
• YRS BETWN 12/76,THS ARST
• MTH BETWN 12/76,THS ARST
• PREVIOUS FELONIES
• PREVIOUS MISDEMEANORS
• PREVIOUS NON-DRUG FELONY
• PREVIOUS NON-DRUG MISDEM
• PREVIOUS DRUG FELONIES
• PREVIOUS DRUG MISDEMEANR
• PREV DRUNK DRIVE FELONYS
• PREV DRUNK DRIVE MISDEMR
• FELONIES AFTER THIS ONE
• MISDEMNRS AFTER THIS ONE
• NON-DRUG FELN AFTER THIS
• NON-DRUG MISD AFTER THIS
• DRUG FELONIES AFTER THIS
• DRUG MISDEMNR AFTER THIS
• DRNK DRIV FEL AFTER THIS
• DRNK DRIV MSD AFTER THIS
• YRS IN JAIL PRE THS ARST
• MTH IN JAIL PRE THS ARST
• YRS IN JAIL POST ARREST
• MTHS IN JAIL POST ARREST
• FELONY ARRST AFTER THIS
• MISDMR ARRST AFTER THIS
• FELNY DRUG ARRST-SHORT
• MISDMR DRUG ARRST-SHORT
• NON-DRUG FELONY - SHORT
• NON-DRUG MISDEMR - SHORT
• DRUNK DRIVE FELONY-SHORT
• DRUNK DRIVE MISDMR-SHORT
• YRS JAIL POST THIS ARRST
• MTH JAIL POST THIS ARRST

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Notes: TERMINATION OF CODEBOOK LIST.

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