42 datasets found
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Racial Disparities in Virginia Felony Court Cases, 2007-2015
Department of Justice —
Research examining racial disparities in the court system has typically focused on only one of the discrete stages in the criminal process (the charging, conviction,... -
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Prosecution and Defense Strategies in Domestic Violence Felonies in Iowa, 1989-1995
Department of Justice —
This study consisted of an in-depth analysis of the trial strategies used by the prosecution and the defense in domestic violence-related felony cases. The research... -
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Prosecution of Felony Arrests, 1986: Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Portland, St. Louis, and Washington, DC
Department of Justice —
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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Experimental Evaluation of Drug Testing and Treatment Interventions for Probationers in Maricopa County, Arizona, 1992-1994
Department of Justice —
This data collection represents a combined experimental evaluation of a drug court program, implemented in 1992 in cooperation with the Maricopa County Adult... -
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A Sentencing Postscript: Felony Probationers Under Supervision in the Community, 1983
Department of Justice —
This study provides an overview of how the supervision of a class of felony probationers operates in a jurisdiction, and gives a baseline against which the impact of... -
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Electronic Monitoring of Nonviolent Convicted Felons: An Experiment in Home Detention in Marion County, Indiana, 1986-1988
Department of Justice —
The purpose of the study was to provide information about home detention monitoring systems and to evaluate their effectiveness. The principal investigators sought to... -
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Early Identification of the Serious Habitual Juvenile Offender Using a Birth Cohort in Philadelphia, 1958-1984
Department of Justice —
Beginning in the mid-1980s, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) funded the creation of Habitual Offender Units (HOUs) in 13 cities. HOUs... -
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Sentencing Practices and Time Served in the District of Columbia Prior to Truth in Sentencing, 1993-1998
Department of Justice —
This study collected data on felony sentencing practices in the District of Columbia during the period 1993 to 1998. Data are provided on (1) the characteristics of... -
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Effectiveness of Client Specific Planning as an Alternative Sentence, 1981-1982: Washington, DC, and Fairfax, Montgomery, and Prince George Counties
Department of Justice —
This data collection was designed to evaluate the Client Specific Planning (CSP) program of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA). The CSP... -
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Breaking the Cycle of Drugs and Crime in Birmingham, Alabama, Jacksonville, Florida, and Tacoma, Washington, 1997-2001
Department of Justice —
This study was an evaluation of the Breaking the Cycle (BTC) demonstration projects conducted in Birmingham, Alabama, Jacksonville, Florida, and Tacoma, Washington,... -
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Integrating the Ion Mobility Spectrometer Into Drug Monitoring at the New Orleans Pretrial Diversion Program, 1996
Department of Justice —
This project was designed to evaluate the use of a drug detection instrument, the ion mobility spectrometer (IMS), and to integrate its use into an ongoing pretrial... -
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Evaluation of North Carolina's 1994 Structured Sentencing Law, 1992-1998
Department of Justice —
Effective October 1, 1994, the state of North Carolina implemented a new structured sentencing law that applied to all felony and misdemeanor crimes (except for... -
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Recidivism of Felons on Probation, 1986-1989: [United States]
Department of Justice —
This data collection provides an overview of how probation cases are processed in 32 urban and suburban jurisdictions in the United States and gauges the extent to... -
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Evaluation of Minnesota's Felony Sentencing Guidelines, 1978-1984
Department of Justice —
This data collection gauges the effects of the Minnesota felony sentencing guidelines on prosecutional charging practices, plea negotiations, and sentencing... -
Federal
Arrests As Communications to Criminals in St. Louis, 1970, 1972-1982
Department of Justice —
This data collection was designed to assess the deterrent effects over time of police sanctioning activity, specifically that of arrests. Arrest and crime report data... -
Federal
Evaluation of Day Fines in Maricopa County, Arizona, 1991-1993
Department of Justice —
This study sought to evaluate how well day fines work as an intermediate sanction. Day fines are a structured approach to imposing fines that considers both the... -
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Penal Code Citations: Sentencing in 18 American Felony Courts, 1983
Department of Justice —
The purpose of this study was to describe sentencing outcomes in 18 jurisdictions across the United States based on sentences actually imposed on adjudicated felons.... -
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Assessing Identity Theft Offenders' Strategies and Perceptions of Risk in the United States, 2006-2007
Department of Justice —
The purpose of this study was to examine the crime of identity theft from the offenders' perspectives. The study employed a purposive sampling strategy. Researchers... -
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Evaluating the Incapacitative Benefits of Incarcerating Drug Offenders in Los Angeles and Maricopa [Arizona] Counties, 1986 and 1990
Department of Justice —
The objective of this study was to examine the observable offending patterns of recent and past drug offenders to assess the crime control potential associated with... -
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Improving Evidence Collection Through Police-Prosecutor Coordination in Baltimore, 1984-1985
Department of Justice —
The purpose of this data collection was to investigate the effects of changes in police evidence procedures and the effects of providing feedback to officers on...
42 datasets found