54 datasets found
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Collection Federal Court Cases: Integrated Database Series
Department of Justice —
Investigator(s): Federal Judicial Center The purpose of this data collection is to provide an official public record of the business of the federal courts. The data... -
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Collection Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS) Series
Department of Justice —
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics The Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS) series was designed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect... -
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White-Collar Criminal Careers, 1976-1978: Federal Judicial Districts
Department of Justice —
This study examined the criminal careers of 1,331 offenders convicted of white-collar crimes in the United States District Courts to assess the relative effectiveness... -
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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... -
Federal
Collection United States Supreme Court Judicial Database Terms Series
Department of Justice —
Investigator(s): Harold J. Spaeth, James L. Gibson, Michigan State University This data collection encompasses all aspects of United States Supreme Court decision-... -
Federal
Impact of the No Early Release Act (NERA) on Prosecution and Sentencing in New Jersey, 1996-2000
Department of Justice —
This study examined New Jersey's No Early Release Act (NERA), which became effective in 1997. NERA required that offenders convicted of violent crimes serve at least... -
Federal
Multistate Analysis of Time Consumption in Capital Appeals, 1992-2002
Department of Justice —
Despite public controversy over the length of death penalty appeals, little empirical work has been done on the time allocated to the capital appeals process. The... -
Federal
Collection Organizations Convicted in Federal Criminal Courts Series
Department of Justice —
Investigator(s): U.S. Sentencing Commission These data, collected to assist in the development of sentencing guidelines, describe offense and sentencing... -
Federal
Prosecutor's Management and Information System (PROMIS), New Orleans, 1979
Department of Justice —
The Prosecutor's Management and Information System (PROMIS) is a computer-based management information system for public prosecution agencies. PROMIS was initially... -
Federal
Drug Abuse as a Predictor of Rearrest or Failure to Appear in Court in New York City, 1984
Department of Justice —
This data collection was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of drug use/drug use trends among booked arrestees in New York City and to analyze the relationship... -
Federal
Factors Related to Domestic Violence Court Dispositions in a Large Midwestern Urban Area, 1997-1998: [United States]
Department of Justice —
The goal of this study was to identify factors that influence whether city misdemeanor domestic violence cases in which batterers are arrested by police result in... -
Federal
Changing Patterns of Drug Abuse and Criminality Among Crack Cocaine Users in New York City: Criminal Histories and Criminal Justice System Processing, 1983-1984, 1986
Department of Justice —
This data collection compares a sample of persons arrested for offenses related to crack cocaine with a sample arrested for offenses related to powdered cocaine. The... -
Federal
Collection Civil Justice Survey of State Courts: [United States] Series
Department of Justice —
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics These surveys provide a broad-based, systematic examination of the nature of general civil litigation (e.g., tort,... -
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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... -
Federal
Missouri Juvenile Court Records, 1984-1987
Department of Justice —
This data collections provides information on each juvenile case disposed in the state of Missouri during calendar years 1984-1987. The state of Missouri began... -
Federal
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... -
Federal
Bethlehem [Pennsylvania] Police Family Group Conferencing Project, 1993-1997
Department of Justice —
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of conferencing as a restorative policing practice. Family group conferencing is considered an important... -
Federal
Evaluation of No-Drop Policies for Domestic Violence Cases in San Diego, California, Omaha, Nebraska, Klamath Falls, Oregon, and Everett, Washington, 1996-2000
Department of Justice —
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,... -
Federal
The Anatomy of Discretion: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Decision-making for Cases Processed by Offices in One Northern County and One Southern County, 2007-2010
Department of Justice —
Prosecuting attorneys enjoy broad discretion in making decisions that influence criminal case outcomes. This study examines the impact of legal, quasi-legal, and... -
Federal
Organizational Efficiency and Early Disposition Programs in Federal Courts, 2006-2009
Department of Justice —
These data are part of NACJD's Rapid Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but...
54 datasets found