IMAP -- Overview

Base map

Each map offers a basic set of geographic layers:

• County boundaries
• Interstates
• State routes
• US highways
• Towns
• HUD multi-family housing
• HUD public housing
• Weed and Seed Safe Havens
• Major cities
• Elementary school districts
• Secondary school districts
• Unified school districts
• Census tracts
• Elevation

Part I index crimes from UCR data in a map format for 1994-2003

Part I crimes include:

• Murder and non-negligent manslaughter
• Forcible rape
• Robbery
• Aggravated assault
• Burglary
• Larceny-theft
• Motor vehicle theft
• Arson

These crimes are described as a rate per 100,000 population of each county based on state of Arizona population figures for the respective years. To calculate crime rates:

(Total # of crime/Total Population) X 100,000

SOURCES:

1994-2003 UCR crime counts provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
1995-2002 population data provided by the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
1995 & 2003 population data provided by the U.S. Census.

Rates calculated by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission.

Arizona Youth Survey data for 2002 and 2004

Overview

The Arizona Youth Survey, a statewide risk and protective factor survey, based on the research of J. David Hawkins, Ph.D.; Richard F. Catalano, Ph.D.; and additional researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle. The Communities That Care (CTC) model was established as a nationwide, youth assessment tool to assist communities and policy makers in creating the best prevention programs to deter teens from experimenting with substances or becoming involved in delinquent or violent behavior. The Arizona Youth Survey was modeled on the Communities That Care mode and the valuable research obtained by Hawkins and Catalano.

The survey questionnaire was derived from a project called the Six-State Consortium spearheaded by the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington in Seattle. The objective of the group was to form a survey questionnaire, based on the Communities That Care model, that documented youth risk and protective factors. From the Consortium, a survey comprised of questions measuring 18 risk factors and 10 protective factors was instituted. The survey was further developed through the Diffusion Consortium Project with assistance and contribution from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and funding from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Safe and Drug Free Schools Program within the Department of Education (DOE), and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) within the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Methodology

The 2004 ACJC Youth Survey was randomly administered in Arizona's 15 counties representing 266 schools for a total statewide sample of 40,960. This was an increase over the 2002 AYS, which surveyed 59 schools for a total sample of 12,203 students statewide.

30-day prevalence, a subset of the data obtained by the surveys, is featured geographically in IMAP to include:

• Alcohol
• Cigarettes
• Chewing Tobacco
• Marijuana
• Inhalants
• Hallucinogens
• Cocaine
• Amphetamines
• Steroids
• Heroin
• Sedatives
• Ecstasy
• Any Drug
• Binge Habits
• Heavy drinking of alcohol
• Heavy smoking of tobacco

Currently, IMAP includes only the 30-day prevalence data, but in the future additional data will be available.

Click here to access the 2004 Arizona Youth Survey report.

How to Participate in the AYS

SAC is continually seeking participants for upcoming administrations of the AYS. If your school would like to participate in a future survey, please contact Phil Stevenson, SAC Director, at (602) 364-1157 or pstevenson@azcjc.gov.

Demographic data

Certain demographic data from the 2000 US Census is also available through IMAP. We have compiled a selection of data from the US Census Bureau American FactFinder web site.

• Population counts
• Population counts by age group
• Gender
• Gender by age group
• Race
• Hispanic origin
• Per capita income
• Median household income
• Percent renting
• Percent lived in residence for less than five years

Future plans

The larger objective of the IMAP project is to continue working toward the development of a Regional Analysis Center. The Statistical Analysis Center will continue to expand and enhance IMAP in an effort to provide the very best information and service to visitors of our site.

Obtaining data

The featured UCR, AYS, and U.S. Census data is also available for download in pre-formatted Microsoft Excel files. A link to the free Excel Viewer is also available. In addition to the tabular data, Excel charts have been created for quick reference. These charts are included in the downloadable Excel files.

A data dictionary and some additional information has been created to make using the maps and data easier. Click here to see the metadata.