castle_doctrine_2000_2010: Castle doctrine dataset

In johnson-shuffle/mixtape: Data for Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Scott Cunningham

Castle doctrine dataset

Description

Data used in Cheng and Hoekstra (2013) analysis castle doctrine gun laws on homicides.

Usage

castle_doctrine_2000_2010

Format

A data frame with 550 rows and 41 variables:

state

state id

year

castle doctrine law, =1 if CDL is effective

sid

leading indicator (0 to 2 years before the adoption of CDL)

cdl

=1 if states with case law classified as not requiring duty to retreat

pre2_cdl

=1 if CDL extends to any place one has a legal right to be

caselaw

=1 if CDL includes a presumption of reasonable fear

anywhere

=1 if CDL removes civil liability

assumption

homicide count

civil

proportion of robberies using gun

homicide_c

justifiable homicide by private citizen count

robbery_gun_r

justifiable homicide by police count

jhcitizen_c

homicide count per 100,000 state population

jhpolice_c

robbery count per 100,000 state population

homicide

aggravated assault count per 100,000 state population

robbery

burglary count per 100,000 state population

assault

larceny count per 100,000 state population

burglary

motor vehicle theft count per 100,000 state population

larceny

murder count per 100,000 state population

motor

felony and suspected Felony Type homicide count per 100,000 state population

murder

justifiable homicide by private citizen count per 100,000 state population

hc_felonywsus

justifiable homicide by police count per 100,000 state population

jhcitizen

state population

jhpolice

full-time equivalent police per 100,000 state population

population

unemployment rate

police

state median income

unemployrt

% of black male ager 15-24

income

% of white male ager 15-24

blackm_15_24

% of black male ager 25-44

whitem_15_24

% of white male ager 25-44

blackm_25_44

incarceration rate per 100,000 state population

whitem_25_44

lagged incarceration rate per 100,000 state population

prisoner

poverty rate

lagprisoner

government spending per capita on subsidy

poverty

government spending per capita on public welfare

exp_subsidy

=1 if northeast Census region

exp_pubwelfare

=1 if midwest Census region

northeast

=1 if south Census region

midwest

=1 if west Census region

south

CDL effective year

west

state id

effyear

castle doctrine law, =1 if CDL is effective

Source

http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/3/821.abstract

References

Cheng Cheng and Mark Hoekstra. "Does Strengthening Self-Defense Law Deter Crime or Escalate Violence? Evidence from Expansions to Castle Doctrine." Journal of Human Resources 48.3 (2013): 821-854.

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