RT Research Data
T1 National Prosecutors Survey, 1996
LA English
PP Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar
PB [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
YR 1998
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1840063831
AB The National Survey of Prosecutors is a biennial survey of chief prosecutors in state court systems. A chief prosecutor is an official, usually locally elected and typically with the title of district attorney or county attorney, who is in charge of a prosecutorial district made up of one or more counties, and who conducts or supervises the prosecution of felony cases in a state court system. Prosecutors in courts of limited jurisdiction, such as municipal prosecutors, were not included in the survey. The survey's purpose was to obtain detailed descriptive information on prosecutors' offices, as well as information on their policies and practices. The data collection instrument was based on questions that were included in the NATIONAL PROSECUTORS SURVEY, 1994 (ICPSR 6785), and also added queries on topics of current concern. Variables cover staffing, workload, funding, what type of computer access the office had, whether the office was part of an integrated computerized system with other specific criminal agencies, the use of DNA evidence in plea negotiations of felony trials, which laboratories performed these DNA analyses, juvenile matters, and risks associated with the role of the prosecutor, such as threatening letters or calls, face-to-face assaults, or batter/assaults. The unit of analysis is the district office.
K1 DNA fingerprinting
K1 attorneys
K1 Case processing
K1 Criminal investigations
K1 district attorneys
K1 Evidence
K1 felony courts
K1 felony offenses
K1 juvenile courts
K1 personnel
K1 plea negotiations
K1 policies and procedures
K1 prosecuting attorneys
K1 Prosecution
K1 Sentencing
K1 state courts
K1 Training
K1 treatment programs
K1 trial procedures
K1 Victim services
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.3886/ICPSR02433.v1