42 datasets found
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Illegal Immigration and Crime in San Diego and El Paso Counties, 1985-1986 recent views
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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Violence Exposure, Continuous Trauma, and Repeat Offending in Female and Male Serious Adolescent Offenders, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and Maricopa County, Arizona, 2000-2010 recent views
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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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Felonious Homicides of American Police Officers, 1977-1992 recent views
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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Police Performance and Case Attrition in Los Angeles County, 1980-1981 recent views
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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Collection National Prosecutors Survey Series recent views
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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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Assessing Identity Theft Offenders' Strategies and Perceptions of Risk in the United States, 2006-2007 recent views
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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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Alaska Plea Bargaining Study, 1974-1976 recent views
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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Impact Evaluation of the Felony Domestic Violence Court in Kings County [Brooklyn], New York, 1994-2000 recent views
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This study examined the ways in which the model of the Kings County Felony Domestic Violence Court (FDVC) changed the way cases were processed and adjudicated, the... -
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Sentencing Practices and Time Served in the District of Columbia Prior to Truth in Sentencing, 1993-1998 recent views
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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Electronic Monitoring of Nonviolent Convicted Felons: An Experiment in Home Detention in Marion County, Indiana, 1986-1988 recent views
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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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A Sentencing Postscript: Felony Probationers Under Supervision in the Community, 1983 recent views
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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Collection Capital Punishment in the United States Series recent views
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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Prosecution and Defense Strategies in Domestic Violence Felonies in Iowa, 1989-1995 recent views
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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Evaluation of Day Fines in Maricopa County, Arizona, 1991-1993 recent views
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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Evaluating a Lethality Scale for the Seattle Police Department Domestic Violence Unit, 1995-1997 recent views
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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Penal Code Citations: Sentencing in 18 American Felony Courts, 1983 recent views
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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Prosecution of Felony Arrests, 1986: Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Portland, St. Louis, and Washington, DC recent views
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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Evaluating the Incapacitative Benefits of Incarcerating Drug Offenders in Los Angeles and Maricopa [Arizona] Counties, 1986 and 1990 recent views
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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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Problem Solving Approaches to Issues of Inmate Reentry in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2000-2003 recent views
Department of Justice —
This study involved an evaluation of the reentry component of the Indianapolis Violence Reduction Partnership (IVRP). The IVRP included a problem solving approach to... -
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Examining the Effectiveness of Indigent Defense Team Services: A Multisite Evaluation of Holistic Defense in Practice, Kentucky, Minnesota, Rhode Island, 2015-2018 recent views
Department of Justice —
The goals of this project were to: describe the implementation of holistic defense principles in three indigent defense programs; measure each program's impact on...
42 datasets found