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Penal Code Citations: Sentencing in 18 American Felony Courts, 1983
The purpose of this study was to describe sentencing outcomes in 18 jurisdictions across the United States based on sentences actually imposed on adjudicated felons. Such... -
Experimental Evaluation of Drug Testing and Treatment Interventions for...
This data collection represents a combined experimental evaluation of a drug court program, implemented in 1992 in cooperation with the Maricopa County Adult Probation... -
Pennsylvania Sentencing Data, 1996
The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing is a legislative agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Commission develops sentencing guidelines for judges to use when... -
Drug Testing of Juvenile Detainees to Identify High-Risk Youth in Florida, 1986-1987
This data collection examines the interrelationships among drug/alcohol use, childhood sexual or physical abuse, and encounters with the juvenile justice system. To identify... -
Evaluation of Minnesota's Felony Sentencing Guidelines, 1978-1984
This data collection gauges the effects of the Minnesota felony sentencing guidelines on prosecutional charging practices, plea negotiations, and sentencing decisions. The... -
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,... -
Electronic Monitoring of Nonviolent Convicted Felons: An Experiment in Home...
The purpose of the study was to provide information about home detention monitoring systems and to evaluate their effectiveness. The principal investigators sought to determine... -
Problem Solving Approaches to Issues of Inmate Reentry in Indianapolis,...
This study involved an evaluation of the reentry component of the Indianapolis Violence Reduction Partnership (IVRP). The IVRP included a problem solving approach to the issue... -
Impact Evaluation of the Felony Domestic Violence Court in Kings County...
This study examined the ways in which the model of the Kings County Felony Domestic Violence Court (FDVC) changed the way cases were processed and adjudicated, the impact of... -
National Judicial Reporting Program Series
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics This series tabulates the number of persons convicted of felonies in state courts and describes their sentences. Data were... -
Recidivism of Felons on Probation, 1986-1989: [United States]
This data collection provides an overview of how probation cases are processed in 32 urban and suburban jurisdictions in the United States and gauges the extent to which... -
Improving Evidence Collection Through Police-Prosecutor Coordination in...
The purpose of this data collection was to investigate the effects of changes in police evidence procedures and the effects of providing feedback to officers on felony case... -
Examining the Effectiveness of Indigent Defense Team Services: A Multisite...
The goals of this project were to: describe the implementation of holistic defense principles in three indigent defense programs; measure each program's impact on pretrial court... -
Evaluation of Day Fines in Maricopa County, Arizona, 1991-1993
This study sought to evaluate how well day fines work as an intermediate sanction. Day fines are a structured approach to imposing fines that considers both the offender's... -
Racial Disparities in Virginia Felony Court Cases, 2007-2015
Research examining racial disparities in the court system has typically focused on only one of the discrete stages in the criminal process (the charging, conviction, or... -
Evaluation of Hung Juries in Bronx County, New York, Los Angeles County,...
This study was undertaken for the purpose of providing an empirical picture of hung juries. Researchers were able to secure the cooperation of four courts: (1) Bronx County... -
Breaking the Cycle of Drugs and Crime in Birmingham, Alabama, Jacksonville,...
This study was an evaluation of the Breaking the Cycle (BTC) demonstration projects conducted in Birmingham, Alabama, Jacksonville, Florida, and Tacoma, Washington, between 1997... -
Integrating the Ion Mobility Spectrometer Into Drug Monitoring at the New...
This project was designed to evaluate the use of a drug detection instrument, the ion mobility spectrometer (IMS), and to integrate its use into an ongoing pretrial diversion... -
Florida State University and Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Research...
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... -
Assessing Identity Theft Offenders' Strategies and Perceptions of Risk in...
The purpose of this study was to examine the crime of identity theft from the offenders' perspectives. The study employed a purposive sampling strategy. Researchers identified...