Organizations Convicted in Federal Criminal Courts Series
Description
Investigator(s): U.S. Sentencing Commission
These data, collected to assist in the development of
sentencing guidelines, describe offense and sentencing characteristics for
organizations sentenced in federal district courts. The United States
Sentencing Commission's primary function is to inform federal courts of
sentencing policies and practices that include guidelines prescribing the
appropriate form and severity of punishment for offenders convicted of federal
crimes. Court-related variables include primary offense type, pecuniary
offense loss and gain, dates of disposition and sentencing, method of
determination of guilt, number of counts pled and charged, and dates and types
of sentencing and restitution. Defendant organization variables include
ownership structure, number of owners and employees, highest level of
corporate knowledge of the criminal offense, highest level of corporate
indictment and conviction for participation in the criminal offense, annual
revenue, equity and financial status of the defendant organization, whether
it was a criminal organization, duration of criminal activity, and risk to
national security. Part 1, Organizational Defendants Data, 1988, describes
offense and sentencing characteristics for organizations sentenced in federal
district courts in 1988.
Part 2, Organizational Defendants Data, 1989-1990, is a compilation of
offense and sentencing characteristics for the population of organizations
sentenced in federal district courts during the period January 1, 1989, to
June 30, 1990. Part 3, Statute Data, 1989-1990, is a secondary component of
the Commission's study that includes only the statutes of conviction and
number of counts per conviction, during the period January 1, 1989, to June
30, 1990. Part 4, Organizational Defendants Data, 1987-1993, includes all
organizational defendants sentenced pursuant to the Chapter Two, Part R (1987)
antitrust guidelines and the Chapter Eight (1991) sentencing guidelines for
organizational defendants that were sentenced between November 1, 1987,
through September 30, 1993, and were received by the Commission. Part 6,
Organizational Defendants Data, 1994, gives information on organizational
defendants sentenced during fiscal year October 1, 1993, through September 30,
1994, and includes culpability scores and Chapter Eight (1991) culpability
scoring procedures. Part 8, Organizational Defendants Data, 1995, covers
fiscal year October 1, 1994, through September 30, 1995, and also includes
culpability scores and Chapter Eight (1991) culpability scoring procedures.
This file includes 9 defendants sentenced pursuant to Section 2R1.1 (1987)
and 111 defendants sentenced pursuant to the Chapter Eight guidelines.
Years Produced: Updated annually
Resources
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Tags
- convictions-law
- fines
- restitution-programs
- corporate-sentencing
- defendants
- sentencing-guidelines
- sentencing
- organizational-structure
- federal-offenses
- federal-courts
- organizations
- disposition-legal
- corporate-crime