Gender, Mental Illness, and Crime in the United States, 2004

The purpose of the study was to examine the gendered effects of depression, drug use, and treatment on crime and the effects of interaction with the criminal justice system on subsequent depression and drug use. The data for the study are from the NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ON DRUG USE AND HEALTH (NSDUH), 2004 [ICPSR 4373]. In addition to the 2004 NSDUH data, the study utilized new variables that were derived from the original dataset by the principal investigator, namely recoded variables, interaction variables, and computed indices. Information was provided on the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco among members of United States households aged 12 years and older. Respondents also provided detailed information regarding criminal activity, depression, and other factors. A total of 55,602 respondents participated in the study. The dataset contains a total of 3,011 variables. The first 2,690 variables are drawn from the 2004 NSDUH dataset and the remaining 321 variables were created by the principal investigator. Variables created by the principal investigator are manipulations of the first 2,690 variables. Specifically, these variables include depression indices, drug dependence indicators, interactions with gender and other demographic variables, and dichotomous recoded variables relating to types of drug abuse and criminal behavior.

本研究的宗旨在于探究抑郁、药物滥用及治疗对犯罪行为的影响，以及与刑事司法系统互动对后续抑郁及药物滥用影响的研究。研究数据来源于国家药物与健康家庭调查（NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ON DRUG USE AND HEALTH，简称NSDUH，编号ICPSR 4373），数据收集年份为2004年。除了2004年的NSDUH数据外，研究还采用了由主要研究者从原始数据集中派生出的新变量，包括重新编码的变量、交互变量以及计算出的指数。信息涉及美国12岁及以上家庭成员的非法药物、酒精和烟草的使用情况。受访者还提供了关于犯罪活动、抑郁及其他相关因素的详细信息。共有55,602名受访者参与了本研究。数据集中包含总计3,011个变量，其中前2,690个变量来自2004年的NSDUH数据集，剩余的321个变量由主要研究者创建。这些由主要研究者创建的变量是对前2,690个变量的操作，具体包括抑郁指数、药物依赖指标、与性别及其他人口统计学变量的交互作用，以及与药物滥用类型和犯罪行为相关的二元重新编码变量。