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Data on Drug Arrests from the Crown Court Sentencing Survey
Description
The ccdrug data contains data on drug arrests from the Crown Court Sentencing Survey between 2012 and 2015 in England and Wales, allowing for a look at differential sentencing rates for men and women, with a set of controls for features that should impact sentencing.
Usage
ccdrug
Format
A data frame with 16973 rows and 45 variables
- custody
Taken in to custody.
- male
Is a male
- first_offense
This is the first offense
- age
Age in ten-year bins
- offense
Offense type
- prev_convictions
Previous convictions, in bins of None, 1-3, 4-9, or 10+
- drg_class
Type of drug
- drg_culpability
Level of culpability for crime
- drg_increasing_ser_other_1, drg_increasing_ser_other_3, drg_increasing_ser_other_4, drg_increasing_ser_other_5, drg_increasing_ser_other_6, drg_increasing_ser_other_7, drg_increasing_ser_other_8, drg_increasing_ser_other_9, drg_increasing_ser_other_10, drg_increasing_ser_other_11, drg_increasing_ser_other_12, drg_increasing_ser_other_13, drg_increasing_ser_other_14, drg_increasing_ser_other_15, drg_increasing_ser_other_17, drg_increasing_ser_other_18, drg_increasing_ser_other_19, drg_increasing_ser_other_20, drg_increasing_ser_other_21, drg_reducing_ser_1, drg_reducing_ser_2, drg_reducing_ser_3, drg_reducing_ser_4, drg_reducing_ser_5, drg_reducing_ser_6, drg_reducing_ser_7, drg_reducing_ser_8, drg_reducing_ser_9, drg_reducing_ser_10, drg_reducing_ser_11, drg_reducing_ser_12, drg_reducing_ser_13, drg_reducing_ser_14, drg_reducing_ser_15, drg_reducing_ser_16, drg_increasing_ser_stat_2, drg_increasing_ser_stat_3
A set of indicators that should increase or reduce the likelihood of being taken into custody. See variable labels for specific definitions.
Details
This data set is used in the Partial Identification chapter of The Effect.
Source
Pina Sanchez, J., & Harris, L., 2020. Sentencing gender? Investigating the presence of gender disparities in Crown Court sentences. Criminal Law Review, 2020(1), pp. 3-28.
References
Huntington-Klein. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. https://theeffectbook.net.