NCJ Number
38821
Date Published
1977
Length
864 pages
Annotation
THE SOURCEBOOK PRESENTS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA (647 TABLES AND 15 FIGURES) IN AN EASY-TO-USE, COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE DOCUMENT.
Abstract
STATISTICS FROM 96 SOURCES ARE COMPILED IN 6 GROUPINGS: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE-RELATED TOPICS, NATURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF KNOWN OFFENSES, CHARACTERISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS ARRESTED, JUDICIAL PROCESSING OF DEFENDANTS, AND PERSONS UNDER CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION. THE TABLE AND FIGURE LIST CROSS-REFERENCES 1976 EDITION TABLES AND FIGURES WITH THEIR 1975 EDITION COUNTERPARTS. THE APPENDIXES PRESENT DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY FOR EASIER COMPARISON BETWEEN SOURCES. A SUBJECT INDEX AND AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES IS INCLUDED. (SNI ABSTRACT)