103 datasets found
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United States Sentencing Commission (USSC): Defendants Sentenced Under the Sentencing Reform Act, 1992-2009
Department of Justice —
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 for NACJD release, but... -
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Collection State Court Processing Statistics Series
Department of Justice —
Investigator(s): Pretrial Services Resource Center (formerly National Pretrial Reporting Program) This data collection effort was undertaken to determine whether... -
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Procedural Reform of Jury Murder Convictions in Georgia, 1970-1978
Department of Justice —
The purpose of this data collection was to assess the impact of the 1973 reforms of the death penalty laws on the levels of arbitrariness and discrimination in... -
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Examining Prison Stays in Michigan, 1985-2008
Department of Justice —
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,... -
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Collection Survey of Inmates in Local Jails Series
Department of Justice —
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics Formerly Survey of Jail Inmates.This collection provides nationally representative data on persons held prior to trial... -
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Crime Control Effects of Sentencing in Essex County, New Jersey, 1976-1997
Department of Justice —
This study was undertaken to examine the ways in which different felony sanctions impact the future behavior of felony offenders. The study sought to determine... -
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Impact of Rape Reform Legislation in Six Major Urban Jurisdictions in the United States, 1970-1985
Department of Justice —
Despite the fact that most states enacted rape reform legislation by the mid-1980s, empirical research on the effect of these laws was conducted in only four states... -
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Forensic Evidence in Homicide Investigations, Cleveland, Ohio, 2008-2011
Department of Justice —
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,... -
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Evaluating Anti-Gang Legislation and Gang Prosecution Units in Clark and Washoe Counties, Nevada, 1989-1995
Department of Justice —
In response to several high profile, violent crimes by minority males, which were reported by law enforcement officials as being gang-related, Nevada lawmakers... -
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Mandatory Drug Offender Processing Data, 1987: New York
Department of Justice —
The National Consortium for Assessing Drug Control Initiatives, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and coordinated by the Criminal Justice Statistics... -
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Measuring Perceptions of Appropriate Prison Sentences in the United States, 2000
Department of Justice —
This study examined the public's preferences regarding sentencing and parole of criminal offenders. It also investigated the public's willingness to pay for... -
Federal
Impact of Sentencing Reforms and Speedy Trial Laws in the United States, 1969-1989
Department of Justice —
The certainty and promptness of punishment have long been hypothesized to be important variables in deterring crime. This data collection evaluates whether sentencing... -
Federal
Portland [Oregon] Domestic Violence Experiment, 1996-1997
Department of Justice —
As part of its organization-wide transition to community policing in 1989, the Portland Police Bureau, in collaboration with the Family Violence Intervention Steering... -
Federal
Assessing Local Legal Culture: Practitioner Norms in Four Criminal Courts, 1979
Department of Justice —
This study attempts to operationalize the concept of local legal culture by examining differences in the processing of twelve hypothetical criminal cases in four... -
Federal
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... -
Federal
Comparison of Drug Control Strategies in San Diego, 1989
Department of Justice —
This study assesses the consequences for offenders of various drug enforcement strategies employed by the San Diego Police Department and profiles the factors that... -
Federal
Use and Effectiveness of Fines, Jail, and Probation in Municipal Courts in Los Angeles County, 1981-1984
Department of Justice —
The purpose of this data collection was to identify those attributes of offenders that are most often associated with receiving particular types of financial... -
Federal
Testing the Efficacy of the SANE-SART Programs in Kansas, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, 1997-2001
Department of Justice —
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... -
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Community Context and Sentencing Decisions in 39 Counties in the United States, 1998
Department of Justice —
This study aimed to understand the extent to which punishment is influenced by the larger social context in which it occurs by examining both the main and... -
Federal
Prosecutorial Discretion and Plea Bargaining in Federal Criminal Courts in the United States, 1983-1990
Department of Justice —
The primary purpose of this data collection was to study whether prosecutorial behavior was affected by the implementation of federal criminal sentencing guidelines...
103 datasets found