DOI: 10.3886/icpsr09296
title: Federal Justice Statistics Program Data, 1978-1994: [United States]
title: Archival Version

description: 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 years
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 is included. The Docket and Reporting System files (Parts
4-7, 31-34, and 42) 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, 22, 43, and 47) 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 of sentence, 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. The Administrative Office of the
United States Courts data files (Parts 44, 52, and 53) contain records
of defendants in criminal cases filed in Federal District Court and
terminated in the calendar years indicated. There is one record for
each defendant in each case. Variables include the date the case was
filed, offense level, AO (Administrative Office) codes, and
disposition date. The Bureau of Prisons data (both the Master and
Detail files, Parts 45, 46, and 54-57 -- formerly known as the Federal
Prisoner files) contain records of sentenced prisoners admitted to or
released from federal prison during 1992-1994. These files consist of
separate records for each prisoner's commitment to federal prison, and
for each sentence imposed on a prisoner for a given commitment to
federal prison. The Central System (CS) and Central Charge (CC) files
of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) include
information about suspects in criminal matters and defendants in
criminal cases in 1993-1994. Each defendant in a criminal matter has a
master Central System record (Parts 50 and 51) and may have one or
more Central Charge records (Parts 48 and 49). The Federal
Probation/Supervision Data files (Parts 58 and 59) provide information
on supervision procedures and the sequence of events and proceedings
in 1992-1994 from the time a case was opened for supervision until the
case was terminated. These include reports of parole violations,
transfers of supervision to other districts, and case removals due to,
for example, rearrest or hospitalization. The Sentencing Commission
data (Parts 60 and 61) contain information on federal criminal cases
sentenced in 1992-1994 under the Sentencing Guidelines and Policy
Statements of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Federal Justice Statistics Program Data, 1978-1994: [United States]
description: For the Docket and Reporting System data files, the
universe is all suspects in federal offenses on whose case the United
States Attorney spent one hour or more. For the Pretrial Services
data, the universe is all federal arrestees interviewed for or granted
pretrial release. For the Parole Decisions data, the universe is all
offenders convicted, sentenced to prison, and eligible for parole. For
the Offenders Under Supervision files, the universe is all offenders
convicted and sentenced to probation and those released from prison to
parole supervision. For the Bureau of Prisons data, the universe is
all federal prisoners entering the federal prison system. For the
Administrative Office data, the universe is all defendants in criminal
cases filed in the United States Federal District Court and terminated
in the calendar years indicated. For the Central System and Central
Charge data files, the universe is suspects in criminal matters and
defendants in criminal cases. Suspects in criminal matters are limited
to those suspects whose matters were not declined immediately by
United States attorneys. Defendants in criminal cases are limited to
those handled by United States attorneys. For the Federal
Probation/Supervision data, the universe consists of the offenders who
are entering, leaving, or on federal supervision, including probation,
parole, or supervised release. For the Sentencing Commission data, the
universe is all federal criminal court cases entering the court system
between 1987 and 1994.
description: For users who wish to follow particular defendants
as they progress through various federal agencies, a Match Index File
(Part 10) is included. To track particular defendants, one must match
records from two or more data files. The Match Index File contains the
sequential record numbers and case identification numbers for all
individual cases. The codebook provides further information on using
the Match Index File with SAS and SPSS commercial software packages.The part numbers are not in consecutive order.There are
undocumented codes in each data file.The
Bureau of Prison files (Parts 45, 46, and 54-57) comprise two types of
records, Inmate Master records and Inmate Detail records. Each
prisoner has one or more Inmate Master records, containing summary
information about the individual's term of incarceration. A prisoner
with more than one commitment to prison (e.g., a returned parole
violator) will have more than one Inmate Master record. One or more
Inmate Detail records, containing detailed information about
individual sentence counts, is associated with each Inmate Master
record.Parts 45 and 46 (Inmate Master and Detail files) cover
1992 and a portion of 1993, thus overlapping with the data covered in
Part 54, Bureau of Prisons Data: Inmate Detail File, 1993, and Part
56, Bureau of Prisons Data: Inmate Master File, 1993.The data in
Parts 60 and 61, Sentencing Commission Data for 1993 and 1994, can
also be found in MONITORING OF FEDERAL CRIMINAL SENTENCES, 1987-1995
(ICPSR 9317).The codebook for the 1993
and 1994 data is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF)
file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated
and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe
Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat
Reader is provided on the ICPSR Website. There is also a hardcopy codebook
for the 1978-1992 data. For some of the data files, there is no
documentation other than the data definition statements.The following parts are not present in this collection: 11, 14, 29, 30, and 36.Part 12 consists solely of a setup file, which should be used with parts 4-7.Part 13 consists solely of a setup file, which should be used with part 8.Part 17 consists solely of a setup file, which should be used with parts 15 and 16.Part 19 consists solely of a setup file, which should be used with part 18.Part 21 consists solely of a setup file, which should be used with part 20.Parts 23 and 24 each consist solely of a setup file, which should be used with part 22.Part 35 consists solely of a setup file, which should be used with parts 31-34.Part 41 consists solely of a setup file, which should be used with parts 37-40.Users should note that additional edits may be needed in order to use the data.