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    • Firearms Violence and the Michigan Felony Firearm Law: Detroit, 1976-1978

    Metadata Updated: November 28, 2023

    The purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of the Michigan Firearm Law on the processing of defendants in Detroit's Recorder's Court. Most variables in the study focus on the defendant and on court processing decisions made at different stages. Special attention was given to determining the presence and use of firearms and other weapons in each offense. Variables included are gender and race of the defendant, original charges, type of counsel, amount of bail, felony firearm charged, number of convictions, race of the victim, firearm used, judge, and sentence.

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

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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 3503
    Data First Published 1986-06-06T00:00:00
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2005-11-04T00:00:00
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 011:21
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://www.justice.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 75b39472-e34f-484b-8f31-9513d1c2a7dc
    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 dbdcca8096cbc23c894a863bb1a162142dc16f6377aa5f83c23503619e340a97
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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