Examining Prosecutorial Decision-Making Across Federal District Courts, 2000-2009 [UNITED STATES] [electronic resource] / Brian Johnson

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Language
English
Εdition
2016-09-22
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016
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ICPSR ; 34513
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AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public.
Summary note
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 checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. This study utilized data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on federal criminal case processing to study jurisdictional variations in prosecutorial decision-making outcomes. It linked information across multiple federal agencies in order to track individual offenders across the various stages of the federal justice system. Specifically, it combined arrest information from the United States Marshall's Service with charging information from the Executive and Administrative Offices of the United States Attorney and with sentencing information from the United States Sentencing Commission. These individual data were subsequently augmented with additional information on federal courts to examine contextual variations in charging decisions across federal jurisdictions. There are three data files. Dataset 1 (Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) and United States Marshals Service (USMS) Data) contains 88 variables and 284,869 cases. Dataset 2 (Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) and United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) Data) contains 717 variables and 256,598 cases. Dataset 3 (United States District Court Characteristics Data) contains 6 variables and 89 cases. Only Dataset 3 is being released as part of the available study materials. Datasets 1 and 2 can be re-created using the syntax files which are included in the study materials. Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34513
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Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2016-09-26.
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Geographic coverage
United States
Funding information
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice 2010-IJ-CX-0012
System details
Mode of access: Intranet.
Methodology note
Dataset 1 (Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) and United States Marshals Service (USMS) Data): Federal offenders in the custody of the United States Marshals Service from 2003-2005 and Defendants in federal criminal cases filed in United States District Court from 2000-2009 Dataset 2 (Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) and United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) Data): Defendants in federal criminal cases filed in United States District Court from 2003-2006 and Defendants sentenced pursuant to provisions of the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA) of 1984 and reported to the United States Sentencing Commission from 2000-2009 Dataset 3 (United States District Court Characteristics Data): United States District Courts
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