Comparing Court Case Processing in Nine Courts, 1979-1980

• NCJ Number: 104630
• Author(s): P Nardulli; J Eisenstein; R B Fleming
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 87 pages
• Grant Number(s): 81-IJ-CX-0027
• Corporate Author: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Measurement/Evaluation Device
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This manual presents the codebook, methodology, and descriptive summary for a 1979-1980 study that compared case processing in nine courts in Michigan, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.

Abstract

The study examined the characteristics of officials involved in case processing. Data were collected on the cases and defendants, the officials involved in the cases, personality characteristics of the officials, and the perceptions officials had of one another. There were 7,475 cases and 264 variables.