Fines as a criminal sanction
Subtitle: practices and attitudes of trial court judges in the United States, 1985
By: principal investigators, George F. Cole and Barry Mahoney
Series: ICPSR -- 8945; ICPSR (Series) -- 8945
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Subjects: Fines (Penalties); Sentences (Criminal procedure); Judges; Attitudes
Description: These data were collected to examine the practices and views of state trial court judges with respect to their use of fines as a criminal sanction. Respondents were asked about the composition of their caseloads, sentencing practices (including fines imposed for various circumstances), available information about the offender at time of sentencing, enforcement and collection procedures in their courts, and their attitudes toward the use of fines. In addition to questions concerning the judges' use of fines and other sanctions, the questionnaire presented the judges with hypothetical cases.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: 1985.

Mailed questionnaires.

Survey data.

United States.

United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice. 84-IJ-CX-0012.

Card Image data format.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,265 ; variable count: 144 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 3.

Stratified random sample.

Universe: All state court judges of general jurisdiction and limited, but not special, jurisdiction in the United States.

Cole, G.F., B. Mahoney, M. Thornton, and R.A. Hanson. The practices and attitudes of trial court judges regarding fines as a criminal sanction. Williamsburg, Va.: National Center for State Courts, 1987.