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    • Felony Prosecution and Sentencing in North Carolina, 1981-1982

    Metadata Updated: November 28, 2023

    This survey assesses the impact of a determinant sentencing law, the Fair Sentencing Act, which became effective July 1, 1981, in North Carolina. Specific variables include information from official court records on witness testimony and quality of evidence, information from prison staff and probation/parole officers, and social, demographic, and criminal history for defendants. In this dataset it is also possible to trace defendants through the criminal justice system from arrest to disposition.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date November 28, 2023

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    Harvested from DOJ JSON

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date November 28, 2023
    Publisher National Institute of Justice
    Maintainer
    Identifier 2817
    Data First Published 1985-10-09T00:00:00
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2006-03-30T00:00:00
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 011:21
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    Harvest Source Id 3290e90a-116f-42fc-86ac-e65521ef3b68
    Harvest Source Title DOJ JSON
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 011:060
    Publisher Hierarchy Office of Justice Programs > National Institute of Justice
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a99843b2b6d267d5cb3fb8f6d605bcd9f8041672dccfe470c1b1e71eca2392e6
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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