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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 30, 2020 at 08:47 AM

Child maltreatment is widely recognized as a severe crisis in the United States (Norman, Byambaa, Butchart, Scott, & Vos, 2012), incurring costs of $124 billion annually (Fang, Brown, Florence, &...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 04, 1992 at 12:00 AM

The certainty and promptness of punishment have long been hypothesized to be important variables in deterring crime. This data collection evaluates whether sentencing reforms to enhance...

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• Organization: State of Connecticut
• Dataset Last Updated: August 14, 2026

The New Haven County, Black, African-American, and Indigenous Court Records collection documents the interactions of individuals and groups of African and/or Indigenous descent with the New Haven...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: October 01, 2008 at 03:06 PM

The purpose of the study was to explore the impact of interventions by Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners/Sexual Assault Response Teams (SANE/SART) on the judicial process. The goal was to test the...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 14, 1999 at 12:00 AM

The purpose of this data collection was to assess the effects of victim impact statements on sentencing decisions and on victim satisfaction with the criminal justice system. Victims...

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

The goal of this project was to investigate the effects of children's out-of-court hearsay statements on jurors' perceptions of witness credibility and defendant guilt. To accomplish this...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 21, 2016 at 12:43 PM

Prosecuting attorneys enjoy broad discretion in making decisions that influence criminal case outcomes. This study examines the impact of legal, quasi-legal, and extra-legal factors on case...

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

This data collection includes information on robberies and burglaries in two cities, Jacksonville, Florida, and San Diego, California. The unit of analysis is defendants in felony cases. ...

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

This study of nine courts was undertaken to identify procedural factors that can be used to reduce the length of criminal and civil trials without impairing fairness. The data collection ...

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

This study sought to examine the effects of no-drop policies on court outcomes, victim satisfaction with the justice system, and feelings of safety. Moreover, researchers wanted to determine...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

The purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of the Michigan Firearm Law on the processing of defendants in Detroit's Recorder's Court. Most variables in the study focus on the...

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

This data collection effort was designed to assess the effects of different types of supervised pretrial release (SPR). Four major types of effects were examined: (1) defendants' behaviors...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: June 29, 2017 at 02:24 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...

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

The National Consortium for Assessing Drug Control Initiatives, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and coordinated by the Criminal Justice Statistics Association, collected drug...

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