Arrests for Marijuana Possession

Data on police treatment of individuals arrested in Toronto for simple possession of small quantities of marijuana. The data are part of a larger data set featured in a series of articles in the Toronto Star newspaper.

Arrests

Format

A data frame with 5226 observations on the following 8 variables.

released

Whether or not the arrestee was released with a summons; a factor with levels: No; Yes.

colour

The arrestee's race; a factor with levels: Black; White.

year

1997 through 2002; a numeric vector.

age

in years; a numeric vector.

sex

a factor with levels: Female; Male.

employed

a factor with levels: No; Yes.

citizen

a factor with levels: No; Yes.

checks

Number of police data bases (of previous arrests, previous convictions, parole status, etc. – 6 in all) on which the arrestee's name appeared; a numeric vector

Source

Personal communication from Michael Friendly, York University.

Examples

  summary(Arrests)
#>  released     colour          year           age            sex      
#>  No : 892   Black:1288   Min.   :1997   Min.   :12.00   Female: 443  
#>  Yes:4334   White:3938   1st Qu.:1998   1st Qu.:18.00   Male  :4783  
#>                          Median :2000   Median :21.00                
#>                          Mean   :2000   Mean   :23.85                
#>                          3rd Qu.:2001   3rd Qu.:27.00                
#>                          Max.   :2002   Max.   :66.00                
#>  employed   citizen        checks     
#>  No :1115   No : 771   Min.   :0.000  
#>  Yes:4111   Yes:4455   1st Qu.:0.000  
#>                        Median :1.000  
#>                        Mean   :1.636  
#>                        3rd Qu.:3.000  
#>                        Max.   :6.000