Sentencing in Eight United States District Courts, 1973-1978

Description

This data collection provides information about sentencing patterns established by the United States District Courts for federal offenses. It is one of only a few studies that examine federal sentencing patterns, court involvement, sentencing, and criminal histories. Eleven types of crimes are included: bank robbery, embezzlement, income tax evasion, mail theft, forgery, drugs, random other, false claims, homicide, bribery of a public official, and mail fraud. There are three kinds of data files that pertain to the 11 types of crimes: psi files, offense files, and AO files. The psi files describe defendant demographic background and criminal history. The offense files contain questions tailored to a particular type of offense committed by a defendant and the results of conviction and sentencing. The AO files provide additional information on defendants' background characteristics, court records, and dates of court entry and exit.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 ICPSR08622.v3 https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08622.v3

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  • convictions-law
  • criminal-justice-system
  • drugs
  • robbery
  • corruption
  • drug-law-offenses
  • court-cases
  • crime
  • murder
  • sentencing
  • federal-courts

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