*Margo Schlanger, Inmate Litigation, 116 Harv. L. Rev. 1555 (2003) *Technical Appendix *Most recently revised April 19, 2003 *** ASSEMBLING THE ENTIRE DATABASE *** First, create year-by-year datafiles. INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1970.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1971.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1972.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1973.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1974.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1975.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1976.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1977.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1978.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1979.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1980.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1981.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1982.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1983.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1984.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1985.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1986.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1987.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1988.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1989.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1990.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1991.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1992.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1993.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1994.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1995.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1996.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1997.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1998.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\1999.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\2000.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\2001.sps' . INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\2001p.sps' . *** MERGE ALL THE FILES TOGETHER *** This produces the file D:\\TechnicalAppendix\merged1970_2001.sav *** It takes under a half hour to run INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\mergefiles1970_2001.sps' . *** TRANSFORMATIONS AND SORTING OF VARIOUS KINDS *** This takes a couple of hours to run *** and produces the file D:\TechnicalAppendix\NoFedInmateCases1970_2001.sav INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\TransformationsAndSorting.sps' . *** ADDITIONAL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS *** This takes SEVERAL hours to run *** and produces the file D:\TechnicalAppendix\InmateCases1970_2001.sav INCLUDE FILE = 'D:\\TechnicalAppendix\Creating the 1970-2001 dataset\fed1970_2001.sps' . *** DONE.