Datasets
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Executions in the United States, 1608-1940: The ESPY File -- Summary Data of Executions Collected by M. Watt Espy Between 1986 and 1996
This collection consists of four summary variables based on new data collected by M. Watt Espy between 1986 and 1996 after he corrected and updated the data in 1992. See the... -
Police Departments, Arrests and Crime in the United States, 1860-1920
These data on 19th- and early 20th-century police department and arrest behavior were collected between 1975 and 1978 for a study of police and crime in the United States. Raw... -
Multi-User Database on the Attributes of United States Appeals Court Judges, 1801-2000
This project orignally was undertaken to compile a definitive database on the personal, social, economic, career, and political attributes of judges who served on the United... -
Impact of Sentencing Guidelines on the Use of Incarceration in Federal Criminal Courts in the United States, 1984-1990
The primary purpose of this data collection was to examine the impact of the implementation of sentencing guidelines on the rate of incarcerative and nonincarcerative sentences... -
Prosecutorial Discretion and Plea Bargaining in Federal Criminal Courts in the United States, 1983-1990
The primary purpose of this data collection was to study whether prosecutorial behavior was affected by the implementation of federal criminal sentencing guidelines in 1987.... -
National Survey of Judges and Court Practitioners, 1991
The United States Sentencing Commission, established by the 98th Congress, is an independent agency in the judicial branch of government. The Commission's primary function is to... -
Criminal Justice Outcomes of Male Offenders in 14 Jurisdictions in the United States, 1985-1988
This data collection provides information on multiple prosecutions for individual offenders. The data are intended for use in the exploration and description of relationships... -
Augmented Federal Probation, Sentencing, and Supervision Information System, 1985
The United States Sentencing Commission, established by the 98th Congress, is an independent agency in the judicial branch of government. The Commission recommends guidelines... -
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,... -
State Court Organizations, 2004 [United States]
This data collection provides detailed comparative information about the structure, policies, and procedures of state-wide trial and appellate court systems for the 50 states,... -
Multi-User Database on the Attributes of United States District Court Judges, 1801-2000
This project was undertaken to compile a definitive database on the personal, social, economic, career, and political attributes of judges who served on the United States... -
A Sentencing Postscript: Felony Probationers Under Supervision in the Community, 1983
This study provides an overview of how the supervision of a class of felony probationers operates in a jurisdiction, and gives a baseline against which the impact of changes to... -
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... -
Executions in the United States, 1608-2002: The ESPY File
This collection furnishes data on executions performed under civil authority in the United States between 1608 and 2002. The dataset describes each individual executed and the... -
Judicial District Data Book, 1983: [United States]
The Federal Judicial Center contracted with Claritas Corporation to produce the three data files in this collection from the Census Bureau's 1983 County and City Data Book. The... -
National Indigent Criminal Defense Survey, 1982
This survey was conducted to provide national-level data on basic information such as system types, funding sources, costs, and caseloads of indigent defense programs for... -
National Crime Surveys Extract: Personal Crime Longitudinal Files, 1976-1982
The National Crime Survey (NCS) collects data on personal and household victimization through an ongoing national survey of households and household members. Only data for... -
National Crime Surveys: Index of Crime Severity, 1977
The purpose of this data collection was to determine the seriousness of criminal events. The principal investigators sought to determine and rate the relative seriousness of... -
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... -
Federal Justice Statistics Program: Defendants in Federal Criminal Cases in District Court -- Pending, 2011
The data contain records of defendants in criminal cases filed in United States District Court before or during fiscal year 2011 and still pending as of year-end. The data were...