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Assessing Local Legal Culture: Practitioner Norms in Four Criminal Courts, 1979
This study attempts to operationalize the concept of local legal culture by examining differences in the processing of twelve hypothetical criminal cases in four criminal... -
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 Pre-Trial Settlement Conference: Dade County, Florida,...
This study reports on the implementation in Dade County, Florida, of a proposal to involve, on a voluntary basis, victims, defendants, and police in a judicial plea negotiation... -
Impact of the No Early Release Act (NERA) on Prosecution and Sentencing in...
This study examined New Jersey's No Early Release Act (NERA), which became effective in 1997. NERA required that offenders convicted of violent crimes serve at least 85 percent... -
Performance Measures in Prosecution and Their Application to Community...
The purpose of this study was to explore empirical evidence to support the performance measurement framework identified by the American Prosecutors Research Institute's (APRI)... -
Arkansas Juvenile Court Records, 1994
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1994 by courts having jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status... -
Mandatory Drug Offender Processing Data, 1987: New York
The National Consortium for Assessing Drug Control Initiatives, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and coordinated by the Criminal Justice Statistics Association,... -
Changing Patterns of Drug Abuse and Criminality Among Crack Cocaine Users in...
This data collection compares a sample of persons arrested for offenses related to crack cocaine with a sample arrested for offenses related to powdered cocaine. The collection... -
Organizations Convicted in Federal Criminal Courts Series
Investigator(s): U.S. Sentencing Commission These data, collected to assist in the development of sentencing guidelines, describe offense and sentencing characteristics for... -
Criminal Case Processing in Metropolitan Courts, 1976
In 1977 the National Center for State Courts, in cooperation with the National Conference of Metropolitan Courts, began a research and demonstration project on the delay in... -
Organizational Efficiency and Early Disposition Programs in Federal Courts, 2006-2009
These data are part of NACJD's Rapid Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked... -
Juvenile Defendants in Criminal Courts (JDCC): Survey of 40 Counties in the...
This is an independent sample of juvenile defendants drawn from the State Court Processing Statistics (SCPS) for 1998 (see ICPSR 2038). SCPS 1998 tracked felony cases filed in... -
Assessment of a Single-Purpose Substance Abuse Facility for Committed...
The objective of this data collection was to provide a preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of treatment offered at the Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center, a substance... -
Mandatory Drug offender Processing Data, 1986: Alaska, California, Iowa,...
The National Consortium for Assessing Drug Control Initiatives, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and coordinated by the Criminal Justice Statistics Association,... -
Evaluation of No-Drop Policies for Domestic Violence Cases in San Diego,...
This study sought to examine the effects of no-drop policies on court outcomes, victim satisfaction with the justice system, and feelings of safety. Moreover, researchers wanted... -
Prosecutor's Management Information System (PROMIS), Rhode Island, 1979
The Prosecutor's Management Information System (PROMIS) is a computer-based information system for public prosecution agencies. PROMIS was initially developed with funds from... -
Sexual Assault Kit Backlog Study, Los Angeles, California, 1982-2010
The study addressed the growing problem of untested sexual assault kits that have been collected and stored in law enforcement agencies' storage facilities and forensic... -
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... -
Uniform Crime Reports: National Time-Series Community-Level Database, 1967-1980
The Uniform Crime Reports National Time-Series Data, 1967-1980, include detailed criminal offense and clearance information submitted monthly by over 3,000 consistently... -
Registry of Randomized Criminal Justice Experiments in Sanctions, 1951-1983
This registry categorizes, summarizes, and analyzes datasets containing information on randomized criminal justice experiments in sanctions. These datasets vary in methodology,...