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Collection United Nations Surveys of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems Series 13 recent views
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Investigator(s): United Nations Office at Vienna, R.W. Burnham, Helen Burnham, Bruce DiCristina, and Graeme Newman The United Nations Surveys of Crime Trends and... -
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Survey of California Prison Inmates, 1976
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This survey of inmates in five California prisons was conducted by the RAND Corporation with a grant from the National Institute of Justice. Researchers distributed... -
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Operation Hardcore [Crime] Evaluation: Los Angeles, 1976-1980
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This evaluation was developed and implemented by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office to examine the effectiveness of specialized prosecutorial activities in... -
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Employment Services for Ex-Offenders, 1981-1984: Boston, Chicago, and San Diego
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This study was conducted to test whether job counseling and placement services, accompanied by intensive follow-up after placement, would significantly increase the... -
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Survey of Jail and Prison Inmates, 1978: California, Michigan, Texas
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This survey was was conducted as part of the Rand Corporation's research program on career criminals. Rand's Second Inmate Survey was administered in late 1978 and... -
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Inmate Victimization in State Prisons in the United States, 1979
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This data collection was designed to determine the nature and extent of victimization in state prisons across the nation. In particular, it examines topics such as... -
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Deterrent Effects of Arrests and Imprisonment in the United States, 1960-1977
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Emerging from the tradition of econometric models of deterrence and crime, this study attempts to improve estimates of how crime rates are affected by the... -
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Effects of Prison Versus Probation in California, 1980-1982
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This study was divided into two phases. The first assessed the effects of different sanctions on separate criminal populations, focusing on probation as a sentencing...