{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "These data were collected to examine the practices and\r\n views of state trial court judges with respect to their use of fines\r\n as a criminal sanction. Respondents were asked about the composition\r\n of their caseloads, sentencing practices (including fines imposed for\r\n various circumstances), available information about the offender at\r\n time of sentencing, enforcement and collection procedures in their\r\n courts, and their attitudes toward the use of fines. In addition to\r\n questions concerning the judges' use of fines and other sanctions, the\r\nquestionnaire presented the judges with hypothetical cases.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08945.v1", "title": "Fines as a Criminal Sanction:  Practices and Attitudes of Trial Court Judges in the United States, 1985  "}], "identifier": "3208", "issued": "1988-10-25T00:00:00", "keyword": ["United States", "caseloads", "fines", "judges", "judicial decisions", "offenders", "sanctions", "sentencing", "state courts", "trial courts"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2002-06-27T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Fines as a Criminal Sanction:  Practices and Attitudes of Trial Court Judges in the United States, 1985  "}