Racial Bias in Death Sentencing: Assessing the Statistical Evidence UPDATED on 1/10/02 Sally C. Morton and John E. Rolph The file RacStat.dat is a column-delimited ASCII file which contains the 487 male offenders, the outcome variable, and all covariates. All variables are coded as 0/1 binary variables with 0=no and 1=yes. There is no missing data. The variables are: Variable Description DeathSentence Sentenced to Death Offender_Race White White offender Black Black offender Hisp Hispanic offender Offender_Age Under20 Offender under 20 Over30 Offender over 30 JuveRec First arrest as a juvenile History PriorNoPris Prior criminal record, but no prison Prior Prior prison record Victim_Race # Achtung: white+other: geht nicht! VWhite White victim VBlack Black victim VHisp Hispanic victim Victim_Sex VFemale Female victim Victim_Age Vund20 Victim under 20 Vover49 Victim over 49 Victim_Count Victs2 Exactly two victims ManyVict More than two victims Victim_Relation VWife Killed wife; combined with 'VAcqu' VLover Killed a lover; combined with 'VAcqu' VWorLover Killed wife or lover (=VWife|VLover ?) WOthFam Killed other family member; combined with 'VAcqu' VFriend Killed a friend; combined with 'VAcqu' VCop Killed a cop VAcqu Killed an acquaintance; combined with (VWife|VLover|WOthFam|VFriend) VStranger Killed a stranger VAllAcq All victims were acquaintances VAllStr All victims were strangers VSomStran Some victims were strangers 2.Motive ScIntent Intentional for personal gain ScWitness Avoid arrest/victim an officer ScAtrTor Atrocity or torture ScInwait Intentional while laying in wait ScNotSex While engaged in nonsex crime ScSexCri While engaged in a sex crime ? ScOther Other special circumstance PriorConviction ScPrior Prior murder conviction ScMult More than one murder conviction Scene Vbar In a bar VOHome In offender's home VVHome In victim's home VRural In rural area VCar In a car VHiway On a highway VStreet On a street VCrHiSt In a car, on a highway or street (=VCar|VHiway|VStreet) VObus In other business VStore In a store, etc. VBsst In a store or other business Weapon VGun Used gun VRope Used ropes VPerson Used hands, etc. VOthObj Used other object Paragraph VRape Rape involved VOthSex Other sex involved VSex Rape or other sex involved (=VRape|VOthSex) VArgu Argument involved VRobber Robbery involved VBurgle Burglary involved VRobBurg Robbery or burglary involved (= VRobber | VBurgle) VDrugs Drugs involved VMoney Money involved