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Arrests Without Conviction, 1979-1980: Jacksonville and San Diego
Department of Justice —
This data collection includes information on robberies and burglaries in two cities, Jacksonville, Florida, and San Diego, California. The unit of analysis is... -
Federal
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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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... -
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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,... -
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Analyzing Trial Time in California, Colorado, and New Jersey, 1986
Department of Justice —
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.... -
Federal
Survey of Prosecutorial Response to Bias-Motivated Crime in the United States, 1994-1995
Department of Justice —
This national survey of prosecutors was undertaken to systematically gather information about the handling of bias or hate crime prosecutions in the United States.... -
Federal
Operation Hardcore [Crime] Evaluation: Los Angeles, 1976-1980
Department of Justice —
This evaluation was developed and implemented by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office to examine the effectiveness of specialized prosecutorial activities in... -
Federal
Effects of "United States vs. Leon" on Police Search Warrant Practices, 1984-1985
Department of Justice —
This data collection examines the impact of the Supreme Court decision in "UNITED STATES VS. LEON" on police search warrant applications in seven jurisdictions. For... -
Federal
Sexual Assault Kit Backlog Study, Los Angeles, California, 1982-2010
Department of Justice —
The study addressed the growing problem of untested sexual assault kits that have been collected and stored in law enforcement agencies' storage facilities and... -
Federal
Search Warrant Procedures in Seven Cities, 1984: [United States]
Department of Justice —
These data were collected in seven unnamed cities by the National Center of State Courts. Court cases were identified in one of three ways: (1) observation during... -
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
Assessment of a Single-Purpose Substance Abuse Facility for Committed Juvenile Offenders in Virginia, 1995-1997
Department of Justice —
The objective of this data collection was to provide a preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of treatment offered at the Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center, a... -
Federal
Prosecuting Domestic Violence Cases with Reluctant Victims in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1994-1995
Department of Justice —
Officials in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, introduced two experiments designed to provide answers to questions of how to deal with victim reluctance in domestic violence... -
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
National Evaluation of the Arrest Policies Program Under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), 1996-2000
Department of Justice —
This study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of the Arrest Policies Program, funded by the Violence Against Women Office (VAWO), on criminal justice system... -
Federal
Use of Adjuncts to Supplement Judicial Resources in Six Jurisdictions, 1983-1986: [United States]
Department of Justice —
This multi-site data collection evaluates the impact of judicial adjunct attorneys and referees on the court system at the county and state levels in six... -
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Registry of Randomized Criminal Justice Experiments in Sanctions, 1951-1983
Department of Justice —
This registry categorizes, summarizes, and analyzes datasets containing information on randomized criminal justice experiments in sanctions. These datasets vary in... -
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... -
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
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...