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penPHcure (version 1.0.2)

cpRossi: Criminal Recidivism Data

Description

A sample of 432 inmates released from Maryland state prisons followed for one year after release Rossi_1980penPHcure. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the time to first arrest after release and some covariates observed during the follow-up period. Most of the variables are constant over time, except one binary variable denoting whether the individual was working full time during the follow-up period.

Usage

cpRossi

data(cpRossi,package="penPHcure")

Arguments

Format

A data.frame in counting process format with 1405 observations for 432 individuals on the following 13 variables.

id

integer. Identification code for each individual.

(tstart, tstop]

integers. Time interval of the observation (in weeks). Observation for each individual start after the first release.

arrest

factor with 2 levels ("no", "yes"). Denote whether the individual has been arrested during the 1 year follow-up period or not.

fin

factor with 2 levels ("no", "yes"). Denote whether the inmate received financial aid after release.

age

integer. Age in years at the time of release.

race

factor with 2 levels ("black", "other"). Denote whether the race of the individual is black or not.

wexp

factor with 2 levels ("no", "yes"). Denote whether the individual had full-time work experience before incarceration or not.

mar

factor with 2 levels ("yes", "no"). Denote whether the inmate was married at the time of release or not.

paro

factor with 2 levels ("no", "yes"). Denote whether the inmate was released on parole or not.

prio

integer. The number of convictions an inmate had prior to incarceration.

educ

factor with 3 levels ("3", "4", "5"). Level of education:

  • "3": <=9th degree;

  • "4": 10th or 11th degree; and

  • "5": >=12 degree.

emp

factor with 2 levels ("no", "yes"). Denote whether the individual was working full time during the observed time interval.

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