Datafile Name: Militiamen Chests
Story Names: Police Manpower and Crime
Reference: S.J. Press, Some Effects of an Increase in Police Manpower in the 20th Precinct of New York City, The New York City Rand Institute, R-704-NYC, October 1971
Authorization: free use
Description: The data file contains percent changes in manpower, and seasonally adjusted changes in auto thefts and larcenies from a 27-week base period in 1966 to a 58-week experimental period in 1966-1967 when manpower assigned to the 20th Precinct in New York City was increased by about 40 percent. No experimental changes were made in other precincts. Precinct #20 is the 15th observation in the file. It lies between the Hudson River and Central Park on the south-west side of Central Park.
Number of cases: 25
Variable Names:
  1. MAN: Percent change in manpower
  2. AUTO: Percent change in weekly auto thefts (seasonally adjusted)
  3. LARC: Perent change in weekly larcenies (seasonally adjusted)
  4. DIST: District (1 Downtown, 2 Mid-town, 3 Up-town)
The Data: 
 MAN  AUTO  LARC  DIST

-15.76	1.09	3.19	1
0.98	0.62	-3.45	1
3.71	0.61	0.04	1
-5.37	-1.01	6.62	1
-10.23	-0.76	3.61	1
-8.32	1.91	2.67	1
-7.80	0.40	-2.45	1
6.77	-1.71	9.31	1
-8.81	-0.76	15.29	1
*	0.01	1.22	1
-9.56	-1.34	3.68	1
-2.06	-1.71	8.63	2
-0.76	-1.82	10.82	2
-6.30	-4.91	-0.50	2
39.40	-2.65	-11.00	2
-10.79	0.11	2.05	2
-8.16	0.52	11.80	2
-2.82	-2.54	-2.02	2
-16.19	-0.07	0.94	3
-11.00	-0.83	4.42	3
*	0.09	-0.89	3
-14.60	0.98	-0.86	3
-17.96	-3.41	-0.92	3
0.76	2.97	2.61	3
-10.77	2.92	1.58	3