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American Bar Foundation - State Criminal Court Cases, 1962

NCJ Number
96123
Author(s)
L Silverstein; S Nagel
Date Published
1974
Length
36 pages
Annotation
This codebook lists the variables and coding used for the data set resulting from a study of 1962 criminal court cases for the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Abstract
A sample of cases from 194 counties was selected and weighted to yield a national cross section of cases. The data include demographic information on the defendant, State and county of trial, offense charged, sentence, type of counsel, amount of bail, length of time in jail, and other variables relating to case disposition. One card of data covers each of the 11,257 cases.

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Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Language
English
Country
United States of America