Finn‐Aage Esbensen at the University of Nebraska at Omaha evaluated the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program through surveys of five distinct groups. The study collected data from middle school students, law enforcement officers, educators, and parents to assess program effectiveness and perceptions. Variables focus on attitudes about police, community crime, gang-related activities, and the GREAT program's impact.
Use Cases
- Evaluate the short- and long-term effects of a school-based prevention program based on student survey responses.
- Analyze law enforcement officer perceptions of program effectiveness based on demographic variables like rank and experience.
- Assess educator and parent attitudes toward crime, gangs, and police involvement in schools.
- Model changes in youth attitudes and behavior related to gang activity over time using longitudinal student data.
Strengths
- Data originates from a multi-perspective evaluation covering five distinct respondent groups.
- Study design includes both cross-sectional and longitudinal components for student data.
- Survey variables are geared toward specific outcomes like program perception and community crime.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Collection Method
- Survey data collected from middle school students, law enforcement officers, educators, and parents.
- Time Range
- 1995-1999
- Geography
- United States