AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
National Crime Surveys Longitudinal File, 1988-1989:  [Selected Variables]

This longitudinal file for the National Crime Surveys (NCS) 
 contains selected variables related to whether a crime was reported to 
 the police for households that responded to the NCS on three 
 consecutive interviews between July 1988 and December 1989 and had 
 experienced at least one criminal victimization during that time 
 period. Variable names, for the most part, are identical to those used 
 in the hierarchical files currently available for the National Crime 
 Surveys (see NATIONAL CRIME SURVEYS: NATIONAL SAMPLE, 1986-1991 
 [NEAR-TERM DATA] [ICPSR 8864]). Three new variables were created, and 
 one existing variable was altered. The TIME variable describes whether 
 the interview was the first, second, or third for the household in the 
 period between July 1988 and December 1989. V4410 was recoded to give 
 the most important reason the crime was not reported to the police for 
 all households that responded to questions V4390-V4410. RELNOFF was 
 created from variables V4209-V4267 to reflect the closest relation any 
 offender had to the victim, and INJURE was created from variables 
 V4100-V4107 to indicate minor injury, serious injury, or none at all. 
The file is sorted by households.

Tags: crime-reporting, households, offenders, police-records, victimization, victims
Organization: Department of Justice
Agreements and Resolutions, Letters of Findings, and Federal Cases involving Title VI and/or Limited English Proficiency

A list of the civil rights matters recently addresssed b the Federal Coordination and Compliance Section of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division.

Tags: civil-rights-act, civil-rights-enforcement, discriminates, discrimination, equal-opportunity, executive-order-13166, federal-programs, federally-assisted, language, language-access, language-assist, lep, limited-english-proficiency, limited-english-proficient, title-vi
Organization: Department of Justice
United States Courts of Appeals Database Phase 1, 1925-1988

The Appeals Court Database Project was designed to create
an extensive dataset to facilitate the empirical analysis of the votes
of judges and the decisions of the United States Courts of
Appeals. The data in this collection comprise the first phase of this
project. A random sample of cases from each circuit for each year
between 1925-1988 was coded for the nature of the issues presented,
the statutory, constitutional, and procedural bases of the decision,
the votes of the judges, and the nature of the litigants. The
variables are divided into four sections: basic case characteristics,
participation, issues, and judges and votes. There is a separate data
file (Part 2) containing the number of cases with published decisions
for each circuit/year between 1925 and 1990. These data are necessary
to weight the variables in the main data file (Part 1).

Tags: appellate-courts, case-processing, court-cases, decision-making, judges, judicial-decisions
Organization: Department of Justice
National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems (NSIDS) State-Administered Data, 2013

The National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems (NSIDS) collected nationwide data in order to: (1) identify the number and characteristics of publicly financed indigent defense systems and agencies in the United States, (2) measure how legal services were provided to indigent criminal defendants in terms of caseloads, workloads, policies, and practices, and (3) describe the types of offenses handled by indigent defense system organizations. The study was initially designed to permit measurable statistical estimates at the national level for each region of the United States, for individual states, and for the 100 most populous counties, including the District of Columbia. However, due to resource and financial constraints, the 1999 Survey of Indigent Defense Systems (ICPSR 3081) was scaled back to collect indigent criminal defense data at the trial level for (1) the 100 most populous counties, (2) 197 counties outside the 100 most populous counties, and (3) states that entirely funded indigent criminal defense services.
The 2013 NSIDS was the first census of all state- and county-administered indigent defense systems. It was also the first collection of data focusing on criminal defense and civil, juvenile, and appellate representation. The NSIDS furthers the work of the 2007 Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO) and the 1999 Survey of Indigent Defense Systems.

Tags: court-cases, defendants, defense-counsel, defense-law, legal-representation, legal-systems, policies-and-procedures, public-defenders
Organization: Department of Justice
Prosecution of Felony Arrests, 1986: Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Portland, St. Louis, and Washington, DC

This data collection represents the sixth in a series of
statistical reports sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The
purpose of the series is to provide statistical information on how
prosecutors and the courts dispose of criminal cases involving adults
arrested for felony crimes. With this purpose in mind, information was
collected on items such as an individual's arrest date, sentencing
date, court charge, and case disposition.

Tags: arrest-records, case-processing, court-cases, courts, disposition-legal, felony-offenses, prosecuting-attorneys, sentencing
Organization: Department of Justice
Law Enforcement Agency Roster (LEAR), 2016

In the past several years, BJS has made efforts to develop a national roster of publicly funded law enforcement agencies. The Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA) represents the core of the BJS's law enforcement statistics program, and is currently used as the primary universe for all BJS law enforcement collections. The CSLLEA was last conducted in 2014 but encountered data collection issues. Since the last law enforcement universe list was the 2008 CSLLEA, BJS decided further work was needed to have a reliable and complete roster of law enforcement agencies. Using the 2008 and 2014 CSLLEA universe as the base, the LEAR integrated multiple datasets in an effort to compile a complete list of active general purpose law enforcement agencies. The goal of the LEAR was to serve as the universe list for which the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) core and supplement samples could be pulled. The 2016 LEAR contains a census of 15,810 general purpose law enforcement agencies, including 12,695 local and county police departments, 3,066 sheriffs' offices and 49 primary state police departments. Staffing size from multiple datasets has also been merged into the LEAR file.

Tags: administration, law-enforcement, law-enforcement-agencies, management, personnel, police, police-departments, statistical-data, workers
Organization: Department of Justice
Criminal Victimization of District of Columbia Residents and Capitol Hill Employees, 1982-1983

This data collection contains information about the
 victimization of District of Columbia residents. The primary objective
 was to measure the extent of crime in the District of Columbia and the
 impact of crime on the quality of life in the District. Researchers
 also studied the degree to which congressional employees working in
 the Capitol Hill area were subject to victimization and the extent to
 which fear of crime affected their productivity. However, to protect
 the confidentiality of the respondents, the data on Capitol Hill
 employees are not present in these files. The Capitol Hill employees
 data are archived at the Research Triangle Institute and, as of
 December 1984, a public-use data file did not exist. The three data
 files archived at the ICPSR contain information about District of
 Columbia residents only. The first data file includes person-level
 data including residential mobility, crime prevention measures, and
 sociodemographic characteristics such as race, age, income, and
 location and duration of current residence. Each record in Part 2, In
 Scope Crimes File, represents a reported criminal victimization. The
 third data file, Out of Scope File, contains data on crimes that were
 either outside the analysis time period of May 1, 1982, to April 30,
1983, or not crimes of interest for this study.

Tags: crime, crime-prevention, fear-of-crime, quality-of-life, reactions-to-crime, victimization
Organization: Department of Justice
United States Federal Mandatory Minimum Statutes Study, 1989-1990

In response to a Congressional directive, the United States
 Sentencing Commission completed this study of federal mandatory
 minimum statutes with an emphasis on the presence and/or applicability
 of statutes prior to conviction and sentencing. To collect this type
 of detailed information, it was necessary to examine actual offense
 behavior. To that end, the Commission selected for detailed review a
 12.5-percent random sample of its FY90 database of 29,011 cases,
 focusing on controlled substance offenses and firearms violations. The
 screening process yielded 1,165 cases. For these defendants,
 information was recorded on real offense components, indictment
 history, mode of conviction, and convicted charges, as well as
 sentence imposed, plea agreements, stipulations, and guideline
 factors. This information allows for a procedural tracking of cases
 and the application of mandatory minimum provisions at various stages
of the criminal justice process.

Tags: case-processing, convictions-law, federal-courts, offenses, pleas, sentencing
Organization: Department of Justice
Prosecutor's Management Information System (PROMIS), St. Louis, 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 the United States Law
 Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) to cope with problems of
 a large, urban prosecution agency where mass production operations had
 superceded the traditional practice of a single attorney preparing and
 prosecuting a given case from inception to final disposition. The
 combination of massive volumes of cases and assembly-line
 fragmentation of responsibility and control had created a situation in
 which one case was indistinguishable from another and the effects of
 problems at various stages in the assembly line on ultimate case
 disposition went undetected and uncorrected. One unique feature of
 PROMIS that addresses these problems is the automated evaluation of
 cases.  Through the application of a uniform set of criteria, PROMIS
 assigns two numerical ratings to each case: one signifying the gravity
 of the crimes through the measurement of the amount of harm done to
 society, and the other signifying the gravity of the prior record of
 the accused. These ratings make it possible to select the more
 important cases for intensive, pre-trial preparation and to assure
 even-handed treatment of cases with similar degrees of gravity. A
 complementary feature of PROMIS is the automation of reasons for
 decisions made or actions taken along the assembly line. Reasons for
 dismissing cases prior to trial on their merits can be related to
 earlier cycles of postponement for various reasons and the reasoning
 behind intake and screening decisions. The PROMIS data include
 information about the defendant, case characteristics and processes,
 charge, sentencing and continuance processes, and the witness/victims
 involved in the case. PROMIS was first used in 1971 in the United
 States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. To enhance the
 ability to transfer the concepts and software to other communities,
 LEAA awarded a grant to the Institute for Law and Social Research
 (INSLAW) in Washington, DC. The St. Louis PROMIS data collection is a
product of this grant.

Tags: case-management, case-processing, computer-programs, court-cases, crime, criminal-justice-system, databases, decision-making, defendants, disposition-legal, information-systems, prosecuting-attorneys, sentencing, victims, witnesses
Organization: Department of Justice
Prosecutor's Management and Information System (PROMIS), New Orleans, 1979

The Prosecutor's Management and Information System (PROMIS)
 is a computer-based management information system for public
 prosecution agencies. PROMIS was initially developed with funds from
 the United States Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) to
 cope with the problems of a large, urban prosecution agency where mass
 production operations had superseded the traditional practice of a
 single attorney preparing and prosecuting a given case from inception
 to final disposition. The combination of massive volumes of cases and
 the assembly-line fragmentation of responsibility and control had
 created a situation in which one case was indistinguishable from
 another and the effects of problems at various stages in the assembly
 line on ultimate case disposition went undetected and uncorrected. One
 unique feature of PROMIS that addresses these problems is the
 automated evaluation of cases. Through the application of a uniform
 set of criteria, PROMIS assigns two numerical ratings to each case:
 one signifying the gravity of the crime through a measurement of the
 amount of harm done to society, and the other signifying the gravity
 of the prior criminal record of the accused. These ratings make it
 possible to select the more important cases for intensive, pre-trial
 preparation and to assure even-handed treatment of cases of like
 gravity. A complementary feature of PROMIS is the automation of
 reasons for decisions made or actions taken along the assembly
 line. Reasons for dismissing cases prior to trial on their merits can
 be related to earlier cycles of postponements for various reasons and
 to the reasoning behind intake and screening decisions. The PROMIS
 data include information about the defendant, case characteristics and
 processes, charge, sentencing and continuance processes, and the
 witnesses/victims involved with a case. PROMIS was first used in 1971
 in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of
 Columbia. To enhance the ability to transfer the PROMIS concepts and
 software to other communities, LEAA awarded a grant to the Institute
 for Law and Social Research (INSLAW) in Washington, DC. The New
Orleans PROMIS data collection is a product of this grant.

Tags: case-management, case-processing, computer-programs, court-cases, crime, criminal-justice-system, databases, decision-making, defendants, disposition-legal, information-systems, prosecuting-attorneys, sentencing, victims, witnesses
Organization: Department of Justice
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration Profile Data, [1968-1978]

The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration File
 (PROFILE) System was designed for the automated storage and retrieval
 of information describing programs sponsored by the Bureau of Justice
 Statistics. The two types of data elements used to describe the
 projects in this file are basic data and program descriptors. The
 basic data elements include the title of the grant, information
 regarding the location of the grantee and the project, critical
 funding dates, the government level and type of grantee, financial
 data, the name of the project director, indication of the availability
 of reports, and identification numbers. The program descriptor
 elements form the program classification system and describe the key
 characteristics of the program. Key characteristics include subject of
 the program, primary and secondary activity, whether the program
 covered a juvenile or adult problem, and what specific crimes,
 clients, staff, program strategies, agencies, equipment, or research
methods were to be used or would be affected by the project.

Tags: computer-software, criminal-justice-programs, criminal-justice-system, grants, law-enforcement
Organization: Department of Justice
Criminal Case Processing in Metropolitan Courts, 1976

In 1977 the National Center for State Courts, in
 cooperation with the National Conference of Metropolitan Courts, began
 a research and demonstration project on the delay in processing criminal
 cases in major metropolitan
 courts. The objectives were (1) to determine the scope and extent of
 the delay in such courts, (2) to identify factors associated with the delay,
 and (3) to suggest and ultimately test techniques that might work to
 reduce the delay. The variables include geographic location, disposition
 type, most serious charge against the defendant, and dates of arrest,
trial, disposition, and sentencing.

Tags: case-processing, cities, courtroom-proceedings, courts, disposition-legal
Organization: Department of Justice
Prosecutor's Management Information System (Promis) Data, 1974-1975

These data were generated by the
Prosecutor's Management Information System (PROMIS), a computer-based
management information system for public prosecution agencies, and contain
information on
all cases and defendants brought to the Superior Court Division of the
United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. The data
were prepared for public release by the Institute for Law and Social
Research, Washington, DC. The data contain selected variables,
including type and gravity of the crime, a score reflecting the
defendant's past record, and detailed records of the administration of
each case. The 1974 data have only sentencing information.

Tags: court-cases, crime, criminal-justice-system
Organization: Department of Justice
School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2004

The School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) is managed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on behalf of the United States Department of Education (ED). SSOCS collects extensive crime and safety data from principals and school administrators of public schools in America. Data from this collection can be used to correlate school characteristics with violent and serious violent crimes in American schools. Furthermore, data from SSOCS can be used to assess what school programs, practices, and policies are used by
schools in their efforts to prevent crime. SSOCS has been conducted three times, in school years 1999-2000, 2003-2004, and 2005-2006.
The 2003-2004 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS:2004) was developed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and conducted by Abt Associates Inc. Questionnaire packets were mailed to 3,743 public primary, middle, high, and combined schools. A total of 2,772 public schools submitted usable questionnaires for a weighted response rate of 77.2 percent. Data were collected from March 1, 2004, to June 4, 2004.

Tags: crime, crime-in-schools, crime-reporting, crime-statistics, educational-environment, juvenile-crime, offenses, school-security, school-violence, student-behavior
Organization: Department of Justice
School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2006

The School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) is managed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on behalf of the United States Department of Education (ED). SSOCS collects extensive crime and safety data from principals and school administrators of United States public schools. Data from this collection can be used to examine the relationship between school characteristics and violent and serious violent crimes in primary schools, middle schools, high schools, and combined schools. In addition, data from SSOCS can be used to assess what crime prevention programs, practices, and policies are used by schools. SSOCS has been conducted in school years 1999-2000, 2003-2004, and 2005-2006. A fourth collection is planned for school year 2007-2008. SSOCS:2006 was conducted by the United States Census Bureau. Data collection began on March 17, 2006, when questionnaire packets were mailed to schools, and continued through May 31, 2006. A total of 2,724 public schools submitted usable questionnaires: 715 primary schools, 948 middle schools, 924 high schools, and 137 combined schools.

Tags: crime, crime-in-schools, crime-reporting, crime-statistics, educational-environment, juvenile-crime, offenses, school-security, school-violence, student-behavior
Organization: Department of Justice
Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2013

From 2011 to 2013, a total of 664 state and local law enforcement academies provided basic training to entry-level officer recruits in the United States. During this period, more than 135,000 recruits (45,000 per year) entered a basic training program, and 86 percent completed the program successfully. This completion rate was the same as was observed for the 57,000 recruits who
entered training programs in 2005. This data collection describes basic training programs for new recruits based on their content, instructors, and teaching methods. It also describes the recruits' demographics, completion rates, and reasons for failure. The data describing recruits cover those entering basic training programs from 2011 to 2013. The data describing academies are based on 2013, the latest year referenced in the survey. Like prior BJS studies conducted in 2002 and 2006, the 2013 CLETA collected data from all state and local academies that provided basic law enforcement training. Academies that provided only in-service, corrections and detention, or other specialized training were excluded. Federal training academies were also excluded. Any on-the-job training received by recruits subsequent to their academy training is not covered.

Tags: census-data, law-enforcement, law-enforcement-agencies, police-departments, police-officers, police-recruits, police-training
Organization: Department of Justice
Census of Problem-Solving Courts, 2012

With the creation of the first drug court in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 1989, problem-solving courts emerged as an innovative effort to close the revolving door of recidivism. Designed to target the social and psychological problems underlying certain types of criminal behavior, the problem-solving model boasts a community-based, therapeutic approach. As a result of the anecdotal successes of early drug courts, states expanded the problem-solving court model by developing specialized courts or court dockets to address a number of social problems. Although the number and types of problem-solving courts has been expanding, the formal research and statistical information regarding the operations and models of these programs has not grown at the same rate. Multiple organizations have started mapping the variety of problem-solving courts in the county; however, a national catalogue of problem-solving court infrastructure is lacking. As evidence of this, different counts of problem-solving courts have been offered by different groups, and a likely part of the discrepancy lies in disagreements about how to define and identify a problem-solving court. What is known about problem-solving courts is therefore limited to evaluation or outcome analyses of specific court programs.
In 2010, the Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded the National Center for State Courts a grant to develop accurate and reliable national statistics regarding problem-solving court operations, staffing, and participant characteristics. The NCSC, with assistance from the National Drug Court Institute (NDCI), produced the resulting Census of Problem-Solving Courts which captures information on over 3,000 problem-solving courts that were operational in 2012.

Tags: communities, courts, domestic-violence, drug-courts, drugs, homelessness, justice, mental-health, personnel, prostitution, recidivism
Organization: Department of Justice