NCJ Number
45210
Date Published
1978
Length
806 pages
Annotation
THE SOURCEBOOK PRESENTS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA (611 TABLES AND 32 FIGURES) IN AN EASY-TO-USE, COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE DOCUMENT.
Abstract
STATISTICS FROM 111 SOURCES ARE COMPILED IN SIX 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 1977 EDITION TABLES AND FIGURES WITH THEIR 1976 EDITION COUNTERPARTS, AND A SUBJECT INDEX IS FURNISHED (P. 789). THE APPENDIXES PRESENT DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY FOR EASIER COMPARISON BETWEEN SOURCES. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES (P. 719) IS ALSO INCLUDED.