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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 16, 1992 at 12:00 AM

The purpose of this study was to provide a current listing of all felony courts in this country and to provide a universe from which a sample of courts could be selected based on felony...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: July 28, 2022 at 11:17 AM

With funding from the National Institute of Justice, the Center for Court Innovation examined the impact of introducing an evidence-based risk-need assessment and treatment matching protocol into...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 22, 2019 at 12:22 PM

This data collection provides detailed comparative information about the structure, policies, and procedures of state-wide trial and appellate court systems for the 50 states and the District of...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: August 25, 2008 at 11:20 AM

The purpose of this study was to examine the organizational culture in 12 felony criminal trial courts selected in 3 states and to gauge prosecuting and public defender attorneys' views on how...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: October 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This data collection provides detailed comparative information about the structure, policies, and procedures of state-wide trial and appellate court systems for the 50 states, the District of...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: June 22, 2011 at 10:08 AM

The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of using different kinds of written reminders to reduce misdemeanants' failure to appear (FTA) rates. The study examined the problem of...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 15, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study centered on two questions fundamental to understanding public opinion about the courts: (1) Do African Americans, Latinos, and Whites view the state courts differently? and (2) What...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 25, 1997 at 12:00 AM

This data collection and its companion study, PUBLIC IMAGE OF COURTS, 1977: SPECIAL PUBLICS DATA (ICPSR 7704), were undertaken to explore attitudes toward courts and justice. These surveys...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: May 18, 2018 at 10:21 AM

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 29, 2016 at 12:19 PM

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they there received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 18, 2006 at 12:00 AM

In 1983, the National Institute of Justice sponsored a program evaluation survey by Abt Associates that was designed to identify the highest priority needs for management and operational ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 18, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study provides statistical information on how prosecutors and the courts disposed of criminal cases involving adults arrested for felony crimes in two individual urban...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 21, 2008 at 09:28 AM

The purpose of this study was to provide a definitive test of whether batterer programs and varying intensities of judicial monitoring reduce reoffending among domestic violence offenders. ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 18, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study was conducted in 1978 at the Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure of the Georgetown University Law Center. The study consists of three files. The first contains information...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 02, 2011 at 04:12 PM

In 1996, the Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded a grant to the National Center for State Courts to gather detailed information on tort, contract, and real property rights trial cases in...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 16, 1992 at 12:00 AM

This study looks at the characteristics of officials who are involved in court case processing. Data were collected on the cases and defendants, the officials involved in the cases,...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 22, 2019 at 11:53 AM

This data collection provides detailed comparative information about the structure, policies, and procedures of state-wide trial and appellate court systems for the 50 states and the District of...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 02, 2011 at 04:21 PM

The 2001 Supplemental Survey of Civil Appeals is a follow-up to the CIVIL JUSTICE SURVEY OF STATE COURTS, 2001 (ICPSR 3957) which examined 8,311 general civil cases (e.g., tort, contract, and...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This data collection provides detailed comparative information about the structure, policies, and procedures of statewide trial and appellate court systems for the 50 states, the District...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: September 21, 2012 at 12:00 AM

This study measured the difference that defense counsel made to the outcome of homicide and death penalty cases. One in five indigent murder defendants in Philadelphia were randomly assigned...

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