Date of Origination: 1/2/96
Collected by:  Paul Martin
Last modification: 1/2/96 by PSM

Description:  Crime rates and police expenditures by state.

Source: 1994 Statistical Abstract of the United States.

Number of observations: 51

Variables: There are 20 variables in the data file. 
v1 "State"
v2 "total number of foreign immigrants accepted by state"
v3 "White population as of 1995"
v4 "Black population as of 1995"
v5 "Total urban population as of 1990"
v6 "Total rural population as of 1990"
v7 "Total police protection employees as of 1991"
v8 "Total correction employees as of 1991"
v9 "Total expenditures on police protection, 1991"
v10 "Total expenditures on correction, 1991"
v11 "total number of crimes per 100,000 people, 1992"
v12 "total number of violent crimes per 100,000 people, 1992"
v13 "total number of murders per 100,000 people, 1992"
v14 "total number of rapes per 100,000 people, 1992"
v15 "total number of robberies per 100,000 people, 1992"
v16 "total number of assaults per 100,000 people, 1992"
v17 "total number of property crimes per 100,000 people, 1992"
v18 "total number of burglaries per 100,000 people, 1992"
v19 "total number of larcenies per 100,000 people, 1992"
v20 "total number of motor vehicle thefts per 100,000 people, 1992"

First three observations from datafile: 
"Alabama"       2706       3140       1083   2439.549 1601.038      10418       6244      362        232       5268        872       11         41        165        655       4396       1186       2848  362
"Alaska"       1525        477         26    371.235  178.808       1572       1341        115    127       5570        660      7.5         99        109        445       4909        881       3531
      497
"Arizona"      40642       3606        123   3206.973  458.255      11105       9602        595        492       7029        671      8.1         43        153        467       6358       1412       4125
      822

Last three observations from datafile:
"West_Virginia"        763       1756         54    648.184 1145.293       2932       1354        91         59       2610        212      6.3         22         43        140       2398        623       1611      164
"Wisconsin"       5888       4750        288   3211.956 1679.813      12773       6357  654        408       4319        276      4.4         26        120        125       4043        692       2920
      431
"Wyoming"        566        467          4    294.635  158.953       1527        850         69     40       4575        320      3.6         35         18        263       4256        671       3434
      150