Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS), 1985: Alaska, California, Delaware, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS) studies are
designed to collect information by tracking adult offenders from the
point of entry into the criminal justice system (typically by arrest)
through final disposition, regardless of whether the offender is
convicted or acquitted. Information is provided on arrest, police
action, prosecutor action, level of charges, charges filed by the
prosecutor, type of counsel, pretrial status, type of trial, sentence
type, and sentence length. This allows researchers to examine how the
criminal justice system processes offenders, to measure the changing
volume of offenders moving through the different segments of the
criminal justice system, to calculate processing time intervals
between major decision-making events, and to assess the changing
structure of the offender population.
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| description | Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS) studies are designed to collect information by tracking adult offenders from the point of entry into the criminal justice system (typically by arrest) through final disposition, regardless of whether the offender is convicted or acquitted. Information is provided on arrest, police action, prosecutor action, level of charges, charges filed by the prosecutor, type of counsel, pretrial status, type of trial, sentence type, and sentence length. This allows researchers to examine how the criminal justice system processes offenders, to measure the changing volume of offenders moving through the different segments of the criminal justice system, to calculate processing time intervals between major decision-making events, and to assess the changing structure of the offender population. |
| distribution |
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"title": "Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS), 1985: Alaska, California, Delaware, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia",
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| identifier |
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| issued | 1988-10-25T00:00:00 |
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"case processing",
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"sentencing"
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| modified | 2005-08-08T00:00:00 |
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| publisher |
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|
| rights | These data are restricted due to the increased risk of violation of confidentiality of respondent and subject data. |
| title | Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS), 1985: Alaska, California, Delaware, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia |
