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Collection Capital Punishment in the United States Series
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics These data collections provide annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death and on those whose offense sentences were... -
Forensic Evidence and the Police, 1976-1980
This data collection focuses on adult cases of serious crime such as homicide (and related death investigations), rape, robbery, aggravated assault/battery, burglary, and arson.... -
Collection Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS) Series
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics The Offender Based Transaction Statistics (OBTS) series was designed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect information... -
Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Principles in Juvenile Justice: A Meta-Analysis
The objective of this study was to systematically review and statistically synthesize all available research that, at a minimum, compared participants in a restorative justice... -
Collection National Prosecutors Survey Series
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics The National Survey of Prosecutors is a survey of chief prosecutors in state court systems. A chief prosecutor is an official,... -
Collection United Nations Surveys of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems Series
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 Operations of... -
Unintended Impacts of Sentencing Reforms and Incarceration on Family Structure in the United States, 1984-1998
This project sought to investigate a possible relationship between sentencing guidelines and family structure in the United States. The research team developed three research... -
Collection State Court Processing Statistics Series
Investigator(s): Pretrial Services Resource Center (formerly National Pretrial Reporting Program) This data collection effort was undertaken to determine whether accurate and... -
Impact of State Sentencing Policies on Incarceration Rates in the United States, 1975-2002
In order to assess the impacts of state-level sentencing and corrections policies in the United States implemented between 1975 and 2002 on state incarceration rates during that... -
Collection National Pretrial Reporting Program Series
Investigator(s): Pretrial Services Resource Center The National Pretrial Reporting Program project was initiated in 1983 by the Pretrial Services Resource Center with funding... -
National Assessment Program Survey of Criminal Justice Agencies in the United States, 1992-1994
The National Assessment Program (NAP) Survey was conducted to determine the needs and problems of state and local criminal justice agencies. At the local level in each sampled... -
Plea Bargaining in the United States, 1978
This study was conducted in 1978 at the Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure of the Georgetown University Law Center. The study consists of three files. The first contains... -
United States Sentencing Commission (USSC): Defendants Sentenced Under the Sentencing Reform Act, 1992-2009
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped for NACJD release, but not... -
Prosecutor's Management and Information System (PROMIS), New Orleans, 1979
The Prosecutor's Management and Information System (PROMIS) is a computer-based management information system for public prosecution agencies. PROMIS was initially developed... -
Evaluation of North Carolina's 1994 Structured Sentencing Law, 1992-1998
Effective October 1, 1994, the state of North Carolina implemented a new structured sentencing law that applied to all felony and misdemeanor crimes (except for driving while... -
Collection Survey of Inmates in Local Jails Series
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics Formerly Survey of Jail Inmates.This collection provides nationally representative data on persons held prior to trial and on those... -
Robbery of Financial Institutions in Indiana, 1982-1984
The goals of this data collection were to provide information on robbery-related security measures employed by financial institutions, to identify factors that contribute to... -
Procedural Reform of Jury Murder Convictions in Georgia, 1970-1978
The purpose of this data collection was to assess the impact of the 1973 reforms of the death penalty laws on the levels of arbitrariness and discrimination in capital... -
Examining Prison Stays in Michigan, 1985-2008
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not... -
Prosecutorial Discretion and Plea Bargaining in Federal Criminal Courts in the United States, 1983-1990
The primary purpose of this data collection was to study whether prosecutorial behavior was affected by the implementation of federal criminal sentencing guidelines in 1987....
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