42 datasets found
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Collection Capital Punishment in the United States Series
Department of Justice —
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics These data collections provide annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death and on those whose offense sentences... -
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Collection National Prosecutors Survey Series
Department of Justice —
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics The National Survey of Prosecutors is a survey of chief prosecutors in state court systems. A chief prosecutor is an... -
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Violence Exposure, Continuous Trauma, and Repeat Offending in Female and Male Serious Adolescent Offenders, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and Maricopa County, Arizona, 2000-2010
Department of Justice —
A major goal of juvenile justice reform is to reduce reoffending and recidivism among juvenile offenders. Advocates of trauma informed practices assert that... -
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Illegal Immigration and Crime in San Diego and El Paso Counties, 1985-1986
Department of Justice —
This study was conducted to examine whether a rising crime rate in El Paso, Texas and San Diego, California in 1986 could be attributed to, among other factors, the... -
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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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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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Evaluating a Lethality Scale for the Seattle Police Department Domestic Violence Unit, 1995-1997
Department of Justice —
The specific aim of this project was to evaluate the usefulness of the Seattle Police Department's (SPD) Lethality Scale in identifying misdemeanor cases that might... -
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Felonious Homicides of American Police Officers, 1977-1992
Department of Justice —
The study was a comprehensive analysis of felonious killings of officers. The purposes of the study were (1) to analyze the nature and circumstances of incidents of... -
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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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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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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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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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Alaska Plea Bargaining Study, 1974-1976
Department of Justice —
This study examines the characteristics of criminal offenders as they affect the primary outcomes of their court cases, particularly plea bargaining decisions. The... -
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Police Performance and Case Attrition in Los Angeles County, 1980-1981
Department of Justice —
The purpose of this data collection was to investigate the effects of crime rates, city characteristics, and police departments' financial resources on felony case... -
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Repeat Offender Laws in the United States: Forms, Uses, and Perceived Value, 1983
Department of Justice —
This survey of prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges in jurisdictions with sentence enhancement statutes for repeat offenders collected information about the... -
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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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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
Statewide Impact Evaluation of Domestic Violence Courts and Recidivism in New York, 1993-2010
Department of Justice —
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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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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Evaluation of Hung Juries in Bronx County, New York, Los Angeles County, California, Maricopa County, Arizona, and Washington, DC, 2000-2001
Department of Justice —
This study was undertaken for the purpose of providing an empirical picture of hung juries. Researchers were able to secure the cooperation of four courts: (1) Bronx...
42 datasets found