56 datasets found
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Collection United Nations Surveys of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems Series
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Investigator(s): United Nations Office at Vienna, R.W. Burnham, Helen Burnham, Bruce DiCristina, and Graeme Newman The United Nations Surveys of Crime Trends and... -
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Collection National Pretrial Reporting Program Series
Department of Justice —
Investigator(s): Pretrial Services Resource Center The National Pretrial Reporting Program project was initiated in 1983 by the Pretrial Services Resource Center with... -
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National Assessment Program Survey of Criminal Justice Agencies in the United States, 1992-1994
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The National Assessment Program (NAP) Survey was conducted to determine the needs and problems of state and local criminal justice agencies. At the local level in... -
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Estimating the Prevalence of Wrongful Convictions, Virginia, 1973-1987
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This study extends research on wrongful convictions in the United States and the factors associated with justice system errors that lead to the incarceration of... -
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New York Drug Law Evaluation Project, 1973
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This data collection contains the results of a study created in response to New York State's 1973 revision of its criminal laws relating to drug use. The Association... -
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Effects of Defense Counsel on Homicide Case Outcomes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995-2004 [United States]
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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... -
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Census of Problem-Solving Courts, 2012
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With the creation of the first drug court in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 1989, problem-solving courts emerged as an innovative effort to close the revolving door of... -
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Prosecutorial Discretion and Plea Bargaining in Federal Criminal Courts in the United States, 1983-1990
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The primary purpose of this data collection was to study whether prosecutorial behavior was affected by the implementation of federal criminal sentencing guidelines... -
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Evaluation of the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, [New York City, New York], 1998-2010
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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,... -
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Preventing Firearm Violence Among Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in North Carolina, 2003-2004
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The study examined (1) the scope and nature of firearm possession by Domestic Violence Protective Order (DVPO) defendants, (2) pre- and post-legislation experiences... -
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Public Opinion on the Courts in the United States, 2000
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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... -
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Evaluation of Pre-Trial Settlement Conference: Dade County, Florida, Criminal Court, 1979
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This study reports on the implementation in Dade County, Florida, of a proposal to involve, on a voluntary basis, victims, defendants, and police in a judicial plea... -
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Understanding Court Culture and Improving Court Performance in 12 Courts in California, Florida, and Minnesota, 2002
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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... -
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Evaluation of a Demonstration for Enhanced Judicial Oversight of Domestic Violence Cases in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Washtenaw County, Michigan; and Dorchester, Massachusetts; 1997-2004
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The Judicial Oversight Demonstration (JOD) was designed to test the feasibility and impact of a coordinated response to intimate partner violence (IPV) that involved... -
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Custody Evaluators' Beliefs about Domestic Abuse Allegations, 2009-2010 [United States]
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This study sought to further understanding of the beliefs of child custody evaluators and related professionals regarding allegations of domestic abuse made by... -
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Prosecution of Felony Arrests, 1986: Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Portland, St. Louis, and Washington, DC
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This data collection represents the sixth in a series of statistical reports sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The purpose of the series is to provide... -
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National Assessment Program Survey of Criminal Justice Personnel in the United States, 1986
Department of Justice —
This survey probed the needs and problems facing local criminal justice practitioners. Within each sampled county, survey questionnaires were distributed to the... -
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Assessing Local Legal Culture: Practitioner Norms in Four Criminal Courts, 1979
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This study attempts to operationalize the concept of local legal culture by examining differences in the processing of twelve hypothetical criminal cases in four... -
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Impact of Sentencing Guidelines on the Use of Incarceration in Federal Criminal Courts in the United States, 1984-1990
Department of Justice —
The primary purpose of this data collection was to examine the impact of the implementation of sentencing guidelines on the rate of incarcerative and nonincarcerative... -
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Jurors' Judgments About Forensic Identification Evidence, Arizona, 2011-2014
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This data file describes three different experiments that were designed to examine how differences in the way forensic scientific evidence is communicated affects...
56 datasets found