National indigent criminal defense survey, 1982
By: principal investigator, ABT Associates, Inc
Series: ICPSR -- 8417; ICPSR (Series) -- 8417
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Subjects: Public defenders; Legal assistance to the poor
Description: This survey was conducted to provide national level data on such basic information as system types, funding sources, costs, and caseloads of indigent defense programs for defense practitioners, policymakers, and planners in the criminal justice system. The goal of the survey effort was to provide data that could begin to answer questions regarding the nature and scope of indigent service delivery. Specifically, the three basic objectives were to provide descriptive data, to assess the level of response to defense service delivery requirements, and to facilitate further research.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class II.

Data collected: 1983.

Self-enumerated forms.

Survey data.

United States.

Funded by the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

OSIRIS and card-image formats, with SPSS control cards for each.

Part number: 1 ; part name: County data ; case count: 491 ; variable count: 46 ; logical record length: 289 ; records per case: 4 ; file structure: rectangular.

Part number: 2 ; part name: Preliminary program data ; case count: 750 ; variable count: 180 ; logical record length: 461 ; records per case: 7 ; file structure: rectangular.

Part number: 3 ; part name: Conflict program data ; case count: 148 ; variable count: 180 ; logical record length: 461 ; records per case: 7 ; file structure: rectangular.

Stratified random sample based on county population size, as reported in the 1980 Census of the Population.

Universe: Indigent defense programs in the United States.