A sentencing postscript
Subtitle: felony probationers under supervision in the community, 1983
By: prinicpal investigators, Mark A. Cunnif and the National Association of Criminal Justice Planners
Series: ICPSR -- 8647; ICPSR (Series) -- 8647
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: 8035
Subjects: Probation
Description: This study provides an overview of how the supervision of a class of felony probationers is operating as a whole in a jurisdiction, and gives a baseline against which the impact of changes to probationary supervision can be measured. The objectives of this study are to describe the demographic characteristics of probationers, the nature and level of supervision that probationers receive, the extent and types of specified conditions imposed on probationers, the degree of probationer compliance with these specified conditions, the extent to which probationers are arrested and/or subjected to probationary disciplinary hearings while under supervision, and the exit status of probationers from community supervision.
Notes: Survey data, and event/transaction data.

United States.

Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class I.

Chronological coverage: 1983-1984; Data collected: 1985.

Official court records, and self-enumerated forms.

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 82-BJ-CX-K046.

OSIRIS and Card Image formats, with SPSS Control Cards for each.

Part number: 1 ; part name: Probation Hearings and New Arrests ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,161 ; variable count: 35 ; LRECL: 58 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 2 ; part name: Financial Conditions ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,601 ; variable count: 34 ; LRECL: 103 ; records per case: 2.

Part number: 3 ; part name: Behavioral Conditions ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,024 ; variable count: 21 ; LRECL: 34 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 4 ; part name: Master File on Probation ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 2,648 ; variable count: 26 ; LRECL: 47 ; records per case: 1.

Sampling rates varied by type of crime and jurisdiction, with the desired goal of 30 cases for each type of crime in each of the jurisdictions.

Universe: Convicted adult felons sentenced to probation for the crimes of homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and drug trafficking.

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice: The Data." Washington D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1983.

National Association of Criminal Justice Planners. "The Scales of Justice: Sentencing Outcomes in 18 Felony Courts." Washington D.C.: National Association of Criminal Justice Planners, 1984.