Journal of Criminology

Research Article

Drug Courts and Community Crime Rates: A Nationwide Analysis of Jurisdiction-Level Outcomes

Table 3

Descriptive statistics for dependent variables (1995–2002).
VariableMeanStandard deviation
Dependent variables   
 Murder rate6.99.2
 Robbery rate190.8234.8
 Aggravated assault rate375.2344.0
 Rape rate34.428.1
 Burglary rate866.4544.3
 Larceny rate2757.41695.2
 Vehicle theft rate502.9485.4
= 31,041 annual observations (5,172 agencies).