Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases, (United States), 2002-2010

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Main Author: Tillyer, Rob (Author)
Contributors: Hartley, Richard D. (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2018
In:Year: 2018
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
criminal courts
CRIMINAL justice system
Federal courts
Offenses
Prosecution
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Summary:These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. This study directly examined the nature and characteristics of cases prosecuted in the federal courts by analyzing prosecutorial decisions to proceed with charges (or not) once an arrest is initiated, and to investigate any adjustment from the arresting offense to the charging offense. These decisions were analyzed to document their correlates and identify variation across case type. The collection contains 1 SPSS data file (2002-10-Arrest-cases--FINAL-ANALYSIS.sav (n=794,807; 43 variables)) and 1 SPSS syntax file.
DOI:10.3886/ICPSR36989.v1