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State Appellate Court Adaptation to Caseload Increase, 1968-1984: [United States]
This data collection examines the impact of caseload pressures on both intermediate appellate courts and supreme courts for each state in the nation. The data describe in detail... -
Public Image of Courts, 1977: Special Publics Data
This data collection and its companion study, PUBLIC IMAGE OF COURTS, 1977: GENERAL PUBLIC DATA (ICPSR 7703), were undertaken to explore attitudes toward courts and justice.... -
Public Image of Courts, 1977: General Public Data
This data collection and its companion study, PUBLIC IMAGE OF COURTS, 1977: SPECIAL PUBLICS DATA (ICPSR 7704), were undertaken to explore attitudes toward courts and justice.... -
Criminal Justice Outcomes of Male Offenders in 14 Jurisdictions in the...
This data collection provides information on multiple prosecutions for individual offenders. The data are intended for use in the exploration and description of relationships... -
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... -
Survey of Prosecutorial Response to Bias-Motivated Crime in the United...
This national survey of prosecutors was undertaken to systematically gather information about the handling of bias or hate crime prosecutions in the United States. The goal was... -
The Anatomy of Discretion: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Decision-making for...
Prosecuting attorneys enjoy broad discretion in making decisions that influence criminal case outcomes. This study examines the impact of legal, quasi-legal, and extra-legal... -
Pretrial Release Practices in the United States, 1976-1978
Funded by the National Institute of Justice, this data collection represents Phase II of a larger project to evaluate pretrial release practices. The study focuses on four major... -
National Assessment of Criminal Justice Needs, 1983: [United States]
In 1983, the National Institute of Justice sponsored a program evaluation survey by Abt Associates that was designed to identify the highest priority needs for management and... -
Race and the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty in Federal Cases, 1995-2000...
The purpose of this project was to examine possible defendant and victim race effects in capital decisions in the federal system. Per the terms of their grant, the researchers...