Effectiveness of Police Response: Denver, 1982

This data collection investigates the nature of law enforcement by recording police behavior in problematic situations, primarily disturbances and traffic stops. The data collection contains two files. The first consists of information on disturbance encounters. Disturbance variables include type of disturbance, manner of investigation, designation of police response, several situational variables such as type of setting, number of victims, bystanders, suspects, and witnesses, demeanor of participants toward the police, type of police response, and demeanor of police toward participants. The second file contains data on traffic offenses. The variables include manner of investigation, incident code, officers' description of the incident, condition of the vehicle stopped, police contact with the passengers of the vehicle, demeanor of passengers toward the police, demeanor of police toward the passengers, and resolution of the situation. The data were collected based on field observation, using an instrument for recording observations.

本数据集通过记录警务人员在各类执法棘手场景中的行为表现，探究执法工作的实践本质，所覆盖的核心场景主要包括治安骚乱事件与交通临检拦截。本数据集包含两份数据文件：第一份文件收录治安骚乱对峙事件的相关数据，其变量维度涵盖骚乱类型、调查处置方式、警方响应的官方分类，以及多项场景变量，具体包括事发场景类型、受害者、旁观者、嫌疑人与证人的数量、事件参与者对警务人员的态度、警方的响应类型，以及警务人员对参与者的态度；第二份文件收录交通违法事件的相关数据，其变量维度包括调查处置方式、事件编码、警务人员对事件的描述信息、被拦截车辆的车况、警方与车内乘客的互动情况、乘客对警务人员的态度、警务人员对乘客的态度，以及事件的最终处置结果。本数据集采用专用观测记录工具，通过实地观察法完成数据采集。