recidivism {BaM}

recidivism

Description

Recidivism Rates. See page 188

The variables included in the dataset are:

• Crime.Type The type of crime committed

• Released The number of individuals released from a facility

• Returned The number of individuals returned to a facility

• Percentage (The number of individuals returned to a facility)/(The number of individuals released from a facility)

Usage

data(recidivism)

Format

data frame with 27 observations of different crime types with 5 explanatory variables

Source

state-level recidivism data as collected by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections from January 1, 1985 to June 30, 1999