Type of Drug Offense by Race

Description

This dataset provides information on the type of drug offenses categorized by race. It contains records that can be used to analyze racial patterns in drug-related offenses. The data is sourced from a comparative study of federal and state prison inmates.

Usage

data(Inmate_tbl_df)

Format

A tibble with 28,047 observations and 2 variables:

race

Race of the individual (factor with 3 levels).

drug

Type of drug offense (factor with 4 levels).

Details

The dataset name has been changed to 'Inmate_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the crimedatasets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'tbl_df' indicates that the dataset is stored as a tibble. The original content has not been modified in any way.

This dataset provides insights into racial disparities and trends in drug offenses.

Source

C. Wolf Harlow (1994), *Comparing Federal and State Prison Inmates*, NCJ-145864, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.