RT Research Data
T1 Criminal Justice Response to Victim Harm in the United States, 1981
A1 Hernon, Jolene C.
A2 Forst, Brian
LA English
PP Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar
PB [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
YR 1989
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1840062894
AB This data collection examines the ways in which victim harm affects decisions regarding arrest, prosecution, and sentencing, and the impact of these decisions on the victim's perception of the criminal justice system. Five types of offenses were studied: homicide, sexual assault, burglary, robbery, and aggravated assault. The victim file contains information on personal characteristics, results of victimization, involvement in case processing, use of victim assistance service, satisfaction with case outcomes, and opinions about the court system. The police file and the prosecutor file variables cover personal background, screening decisions on scenario cases, communication with victims, and opinions about the role of victims in the criminal justice system. The prosecutor file also includes sentencing recommendations on the scenarios. Data in the judge file cover personal background, sentencing recommendations on the scenario cases, communications with victims, sources of information regarding victim harm, and opinions about the role of victims in the criminal justice system.
K1 Aggravated assault
K1 Arrests
K1 Burglary
K1 Case processing
K1 CRIMINAL justice system
K1 Homicide
K1 Perceptions
K1 Prosecution
K1 Robbery
K1 Sentencing
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 Victim services
K1 Victimization
K1 Victims
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.3886/ICPSR08249.v1