NIJ's Recidivism Challenge Training Dataset

Terms of Use

Please read the terms of use below.

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) adheres to codes of conduct that are generally accepted in higher education and scientific research for the exchange and proper use of knowledge and information.

These data are distributed under the following terms of use. By continuing past this point to the data retrieval process, you signify your agreement to comply with the requirements stated below:

Privacy and Confidentiality of Data

Any intentional identification of a individuals or unauthorized disclosure of his or her confidential information violates the promise of confidentiality given to the providers of the information. Therefore, users of data agree:

• To use these datasets solely for research or statistical purposes and not for investigation of specific individuals

• To make no use of the identity of any individual discovered inadvertently, and to advise NIJ of any such discovery (NIJRecidivismChallenge@usdoj.gov)

Federal law and regulations require that research data collected by the U.S. Department of Justice or by its grantees and contractors may only be used for research or statistical purposes. The applicable laws and regulations may be found in the United States Code, 34 USC Section 10231(a), the Code of Federal Regulations, 28 CFR 22, and 62 F.R. 35044 (June 27, 1997) (The Federal Confidentiality Order). Accordingly, any intentional identification or disclosure of a person or establishment may violate federal law as well as the assurances of confidentiality given to the providers of the information. Therefore, users of this data must agree to abide by these regulations and understand that NIJ may report any potential violation to the appropriate entities within the U.S. Department of Justice.

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"priv-data-ojp-usdoj-gov/nijs-recidivism-challenge-training-dataset-8tjc-3ibv\".\"nijs_recidivism_challenge_training_dataset\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.