Details

Subject(s)

• Plea bargaining—United States [Browse]

Related name

• Cramer, James A. [Browse]
• McDonald, William F. (William Frank), 1943- [Browse]
• Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network [Browse]
• Georgetown University. Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 7775. [More in this series]
• ICPSR ; 7775

Restrictions note

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Summary note

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 information from 3,397 case files in six United States cities. The 63 variables include demographic information on the accused and the victim, past record of the accused, seriousness of the offense, pleas entered, speed of trial process, and sentencing. The second file contains information gathered from in-court observations focused on the formal supervision of plea bargaining by judges. There are approximately 33 variables for each of the 711 court observations. The third file consists of the results of a plea bargaining simulation game. There are 17 variables for each of the 479 cases in the file.

Notes

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on May 30, 2006).

Type of data

Extent of collection: 3 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF).

Geographic coverage

Geographic coverage: United States.

Funding information

• Funding agency: United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice.
• Grant number: 77-NI-99-0049.

System details

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Cite as

Miller, Herbert S., William McDonald, and James A. Cramer. PLEA BARGAINING IN THE UNITED STATES, 1978 [Computer file]. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Law Center [producer], 1978. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1980.

OCLC

175313115

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