ccdrug: Data on Drug Arrests from the Crown Court Sentencing Survey
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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.