Penal code citations
Subtitle: sentencing in 18 American felony courts, 1983
By: principal investigator, Mark A. Cunniff
Series: ICPSR -- 8396; ICPSR (Series) -- 8396
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Sentences (Criminal procedure); Statistics; Criminal statistics
Description: The purpose of this study was to describe sentencing outcomes in 18 jurisdictions across the United States based on sentences actually imposed on adjudicated felons. Such descriptive information provides an overview of how sentencing is operating in a jurisdiction as a whole, as well as supplying a baseline against which the impact of changes in sentencing codes and practices can be assessed. The data focus on sentences handed down in courts of general jurisdiction for selected crimes of homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, and drug trafficking.
Notes: Survey data.

Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class II

Chronological coverage: 1983; data collected: 1983.

court, and prosecutorial records

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics , 82-BJ-CX-KO46

OSIRIS and Card Image, with SPSS Control Cards for each

Part number: 1 ; part name: Jurisdiction 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 731 ; variable count: 24 ; logical record length: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 2 ; part name: Jurisdiction 2 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 509 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 3 ; part name: Jurisdiction 4 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,282 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 4 ; part name: Jurisdiction 5 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 964 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 5 ; part name: Jurisdiction 6 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 697 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 6 ; part name: Jurisdiction 7 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 834 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 7 ; part name: Jurisdiction 8 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 945 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 8 ; part name: Jurisdiction 9 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 610 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 9 ; part name: Jurisdiction 10 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 330 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 10 ; part name: Jurisdiction 11 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 146 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 11 ; part name: Jurisdiction 12 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,284 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 12 ; part name: Jurisdiction 13 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 471 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 13 ; part name: Jurisdiction 14 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,162 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 14 ; part name: Jurisdiction 15 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,002 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 15 ; part name: Jurisdiction 17 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 800 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 16 ; part name: Jurisdiction 18 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,204 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 17 ; part name: Jurisdiction 19 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 871 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 18 ; part name: Jurisdiction 20 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 934 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Part number: 19 ; part name: All Jurisdictions ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 14,876 ; variable count: 24 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1

Universe: All adjudicated felons in the jurisdictions.

Cunniff, Mark A. THE SCALES OF JUSTICE: SENTENCING OUT IN 18 FELONY COURTS. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1984.