NCJ Number
45772
Date Published
1977
Length
371 pages
Annotation
STATISTICS ARE PRESENTED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND PRIOR RECORDS OF DEFENDANTS APPEARING BEFORE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS DURING FISCAL 1974 AND ON THE DISPOSITION OF THE DEFENDANTS' CASES.
Abstract
FIVE TABLES PRESENT DEMOGRAPHIC, DISPOSITION, SENTENCING, AND OTHER STATISTICS FOR FISCAL 1974 IN 19 MAJOR OFFENSE CATEGORIES FOR 91 FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS. IN ADDITION, 15 HISTORICAL TABLES ILLUSTRATE DISPOSITION AND SENTENCING TRENDS FOR SELECTED FEDERAL OFFENSES. THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS REPRINTS OF CRIMINAL STATISTICAL TABLES EXTRACTED FROM THE 1974 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE U.S. COURTS. A BRIEF NARRATIVE SUMMARY NOTES THE FOLLOWING HIGHLIGHTS: (1) DURING FISCAL 1974, THERE WERE 48,037 DEFENDANTS WHOSE CASES WERE DISPOSED OF IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS; (2) 75 PERCENT OF THESE DEFENDANTS WERE CONVICTED; (3) THE 21,562 PERSONS WHO WERE ASSIGNED COUNSEL BY THE COURT COMPRISED 45 PERCENT OF ALL DEFENDANTS WHOSE CASES WERE TERMINATED IN 1974; (4) 13,450 OF THE 36,252 CONVICTED DEFENDANTS WERE SENTENCED TO PRISON; (5) 90 PERCENT OF THOSE CONVICTED WERE MALES; (6) THE MEDIAN AGE OF FEDERAL OFFENDERS WAS 28 TO 29 YEARS; AND (7) OF THE 24,507 DEFENDANTS WHOSE PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORD OR ABSENCE OF RECORD WAS REPORTED, 62 PERCENT HAD A PRIOR RECORD, 41 PERCENT HAD SERVED PRIOR PROBATION TERMS, AND 36 PERCENT HAD BEEN INCARCERATED PREVIOUSLY FOR MORE THAN 1 YEAR. (LKM)