Federal Justice Statistics Program Data Series
Description
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics
Data in this collection examine the processing of federal
offenders. The Cases Terminated files (Parts 1-3 and 25-28) contain
information about defendants in criminal cases filed in the United States
Federal District Court and terminated in the calendar year indicated.
Defendants in criminal cases may either be individuals or corporations, and
there is one record for each defendant in each case terminated. Information
on court proceedings, date the case was filed, date the case was terminated,
most serious charge, and reason for termination are included. The Docket and
Reporting System files (Parts 4-7 and 31-34) include information on suspects
in investigative matters that took an hour or more of a United States
Attorney's time with one of the following outcomes: (1) the United States
Attorney declined to prosecute, (2) the case was filed in Federal District
Court, or (3) the matter was disposed by a United States magistrate. Codes
for each disposition and change of status are also provided.The
Pretrial Services data (Parts 8 and 22) present variables on the circuit,
district, and office where the defendant was charged, type of action, year of
birth and sex of the defendant, major offense charge, and results of initial
and detention hearings. The Parole Decisions data (Part 9) contain information
from various parole hearings such as court date, appeal action, reopening
decision, sentence, severity, offense, and race and ethnicity of the defendant.
The Offenders Under Supervision files (Parts 15-16 and 37-40) focus on
convicted offenders sentenced to probation supervision and federal prisoners
released to parole supervision. The Federal Prisoner files (Parts 18 and 20)
supply data on when an offender entered and was released from confinement, as
well as the amount of time served for any given offense.Years
Produced: Annually.NACJD has prepared a resource guide for the Federal Justice Statistics Program.
Resources
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https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/series/73 |
Tags
- trial-courts
- defendants
- sentencing-guidelines
- court-cases
- federal-courts
- judicial-decisions
- legal-systems
- criminal-law
- administration