PRISON.DES state year govelec black metro unem criv crip lcriv lcrip gcriv gcrip y81 y82 y83 y84 y85 y86 y87 y88 y89 y90 y91 y92 y93 ag0_14 ag15_17 ag18_24 ag25_34 incpc polpc gincpc gpolpc cag0_14 cag15_17 cag18_24 cag25_34 cunem cblack cmetro pris lpris gpris final1 final2 Obs: 714 1. state alphabetical; DC = 9 2. year 80 to 93 3. govelec =1 if gubernatorial election 4. black proportion black 5. metro proportion in metro. areas 6. unem proportion unemployed 7. criv violent crimes per 100,000 8. crip property crimes per 100,000 9. lcriv log(criv) 10. lcrip log(crip) 11. gcriv lcriv - lcriv_1 12. gcrip lcrip - lcrip_1 13. y81 =1 if year == 81 14. y82 15. y83 16. y84 17. y85 18. y86 19. y87 20. y88 21. y89 22. y90 23. y91 24. y92 25. y93 26. ag0_14 prop. pop. 0 to 14 yrs 27. ag15_17 prop. pop. 15 to 17 yrs 28. ag18_24 prop. pop. 18 to 24 yrs 29. ag25_34 prop. pop. 25 to 34 yrs 30. incpc per capita income, nominal 31. polpc police per 100,000 residents 32. gincpc log(incpc) - log(incpc_1) 33. gpolpc lpolpc - lpolpc_1 34. cag0_14 change in ag0_14 35. cag15_17 change in ag15_17 36. cag18_24 change in ag18_24 37. cag25_34 change in ag25_34 38. cunem change in unem 39. cblack change in black 40. cmetro change in metro 41. pris prison pop. per 100,000 42. lpris log(pris) 43. gpris lpris - lpris[t-1] 44. final1 =1 if fnl dec on litig, curr yr 45. final2 =1 if dec on litig, prev 2 yrs