Public Security and Criminal Justice Data for Buenos Aires, 1997-2012

A collection of qualitative and quantitative data supporting research on blame avoidance and policy stability in developing democracies. The project includes anonymized interview notes, a list of newspaper articles, and time-series data on incarceration rates, sentencing, and crime rates for Buenos Aires Province. The data was compiled by Hernan Flom and deposited via QDR Harvested Dataverse.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in incarceration and sentencing rates based on the described time-series variables
• Study media coverage of criminal justice reforms based on the deposited list of newspaper articles
• Explore narratives of policy implementation based on the anonymized interview notes
• Model relationships between crime rates and punitive policies based on the described quantitative data

Strengths

• Includes both qualitative interview notes and quantitative time-series data
• Focuses on a specific geographic region (Buenos Aires Province) and time period (1997-2012)
• Anonymization efforts were applied to a subset of interview data

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

QDR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Combined newspaper article review, interviews with public officials, and compilation of quantitative time-series data.

Time Range

1997-2012

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 07:15:07; freshness should be verified

Geography

Buenos Aires Province, Argentina