A quick example: Arrest Records
Andy and Christin are arrested together for an attempted armed robbery. In a department’s arrest records, Andy and Christin are each given unique individual identifiers (let’s call them Person IDs). In this case, Andy’s Person ID is “T123” and Christin’s is “H456.” The SafetyNET software requires that you have a unique person ID, so the analyst or user takes the information from department records to create a dataset that looks something like this:
Name Person ID Event ID Date
Andy T123
Christin H456
Because Andy and Christin were arrested together for committing the robbery together, they share an “event” code: in this case, Event ID GP5305:
Name Person ID Event ID Date
Andy T123 GP5305
Christin H456 GP5305
From this simple data format, SafetyNET will link the unique individuals (Andy and Christin) through the "Event ID" forming a network tie. The database can include information on hundreds-of-thousands of individuals or events.
Finally, SafetyNET requires a “date” variable. Generally, this is the date of the observation or event, such as the date of an arrest or the date of program attendance. In this case, Andy and Christin committed their robbery on August 23, 2002
Name Person ID Event ID Date
Andy T123 GP5305 08/23/2002
Christin H456 GP5305 08/23/2002
The date of the event does not affect the creation of ties, but is used to filter data and is required to properly run the program. If you do not have a “real” date, make sure to put in some date value so as not to leave this variable blank.
Andy and Christin are arrested together for an attempted armed robbery. In a department’s arrest records, Andy and Christin are each given unique individual identifiers (let’s call them Person IDs). In this case, Andy’s Person ID is “T123” and Christin’s is “H456.” The SafetyNET software requires that you have a unique person ID, so the analyst or user takes the information from department records to create a dataset that looks something like this:
Name Person ID Event ID Date
Andy T123
Christin H456
Because Andy and Christin were arrested together for committing the robbery together, they share an “event” code: in this case, Event ID GP5305:
Name Person ID Event ID Date
Andy T123 GP5305
Christin H456 GP5305
From this simple data format, SafetyNET will link the unique individuals (Andy and Christin) through the "Event ID" forming a network tie. The database can include information on hundreds-of-thousands of individuals or events.
Finally, SafetyNET requires a “date” variable. Generally, this is the date of the observation or event, such as the date of an arrest or the date of program attendance. In this case, Andy and Christin committed their robbery on August 23, 2002
Name Person ID Event ID Date
Andy T123 GP5305 08/23/2002
Christin H456 GP5305 08/23/2002
The date of the event does not affect the creation of ties, but is used to filter data and is required to properly run the program. If you do not have a “real” date, make sure to put in some date value so as not to leave this variable blank.