Human rights abuses in the Pinochet regime, 1973-1990

Description

A dataset containing information about victims of the Pinochet regime in Chile (1973-1990). The data comes from the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report (1991, ISBN:9780268016463). We included georeferenced information about all incidents where the information could be retrieved. More information about the coding process is available at http://github.com/danilofreire/pinochet.

Usage

data(pinochet)

Format

A data frame with 2398 rows and 59 variables:

additional_comments

any further information on the victim

age

victim's age

end_date_daily

calendar day when the human rights abuse ended

end_date_monthly

calendar month when human rights abuse ended

exact_coordinates_1

exactitude of coordinates for place_1, 1 = exact

exact_coordinates_2

exactitude of coordinates for place_2, 1 = exact

exact_coordinates_3

exactitude of coordinates for place_3, 1 = exact

exact_coordinates_4

exactitude of coordinates for place_4, 1 = exact

exact_coordinates_5

exactitude of coordinates for place_5, 1 = exact

exact_coordinates_6

exactitude of coordinates for place_6, 1 = exact

first_name

victim's first name

group_id

unique id for groups of individuals attacked together

individual_id

unique individual id

interrogation

individual was interrogated, 1 = yes

last_name

victim's last name

latitude_1

latitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_1 variable

latitude_2

latitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_2 variable

latitude_3

latitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_3 variable

latitude_4

latitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_4 variable

latitude_5

latitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_5 variable

latitude_6

latitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_6 variable

location_1

where the individual was seen or found

location_2

where the individual was seen or found

location_3

where the individual was seen or found

location_4

where the individual was seen or found

location_5

where the individual was seen or found

location_6

where the individual was seen or found

longitude_1

longitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_1 variable

longitude_2

longitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_2 variable

longitude_3

longitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_3 variable

longitude_4

longitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_4 variable

longitude_5

longitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_5 variable

longitude_6

longitudinal coordinates pertaining to the string place_6 variable

male

victim is male, 1 = yes

method

method of violence, 25 categories

minor

victim is minor, 1 = yes

mistreatment

individual was mistreated, 1 = yes

nationality

individual's nationality

number_previous_arrests

number of individual's previous arrests

occupation

victim's occupation

occupation_detail

details about victim's occupation, when available

page

report page where we retrieved information about the victim

perpetrator_affiliation

perpetrator's political affiliation

perpetrator_affiliation_detail

details about perpetrator's political affiliation

place_1

place where the individual was spotted/reported to be seen (in chronological order, from 1 to 6 places)

place_2

place where the individual was spotted/reported to be seen (in chronological order, from 1 to 6 places)

place_3

place where the individual was spotted/reported to be seen (in chronological order, from 1 to 6 places)

place_4

place where the individual was spotted/reported to be seen (in chronological order, from 1 to 6 places)

place_5

place where the individual was spotted/reported to be seen (in chronological order, from 1 to 6 places)

place_6

place where the individual was spotted/reported to be seen (in chronological order, from 1 to 6 places)

press

individual disappearance or death appeared in the press

start_date_daily

date when the victim suffered abuse

start_date_monthly

calendar month when victim suffered abuse

victim_affiliation

individual's political affiliation

victim_affiliation_detail

details about the individual's political affiliation, when available

violence

type of violence, 5 categories: killed, suicide, disappearance, disappearance information of death, unresolved

targeted

individual was targeted, 1 = yes

torture

individual was tortured, 1 = yes

war_tribunal

individual was subject to a war tribunal

Source

Report of the Chilean National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation, volumes 1 and 2.