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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: 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: January 10, 2012 at 03:50 PM

The Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) Civil Justice Survey of Trials on Appeal (CJSTA) was based on 26,950 general civil (i.e., tort, contract, and real property) cases that were disposed by...

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

This data collection examines the impact of defendants' prior criminal records on the sentencing of male and female defendants committing violent and non-violent crimes. The collection also...

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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: 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: December 20, 2013 at 11:55 AM

The purpose of the Habeas Corpus Litigation in United States District Courts: An Empirical Study, 2007 is to provide empirical information about habeas corpus cases filed by state prisoners in...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 16, 2014 at 01:38 PM

The study was designed to create a portrait of domestic violence courts across America, specifically courtroom policies, procedures and goals were examined as described by court employees and...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 10, 2012 at 03:50 PM

Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics These surveys provide a broad-based, systematic examination of the nature of general civil litigation (e.g., tort, contract, and real...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 05, 2012 at 11:44 AM

The Multi-Site Adult Drug Court Evaluation (MADCE) study included 23 drug courts and 6 comparison sites selected from 8 states across the country. The purpose of the study was to: (1) Test whether...

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 18, 1994 at 12:00 AM

The Civil Litigation Research Project, based at the University of Wisconsin Law School, was organized in 1979 to develop a large database on dispute processing and litigation and to collect...

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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: 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: 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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