Effects of Sentences on Subsequent Criminal Behavior in New Jersey, 1976-1977 / Jack McCarthy, D. Randall Smith, William R. Smith.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

McCarthy, Jack.

Smith, D. Randall.

Smith, W. R. (William R.), 1828-1912.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 8986.

ICPSR ; 8986

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recidivists--New Jersey.

Recidivists.

Sentences (Criminal procedure)--New Jersey.

Sentences (Criminal procedure).

Criminal behavior--New Jersey.

Criminal behavior.

New Jersey.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

Second ICPSR Release.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1989.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection examines the effects of sentencing on offenders' subsequent criminal behaviors. The data address the following questions: (1) At what point in the criminal career is the criminal career interrupted or halted by the criminal justice system because the offender is ''taken off the streets?'' (2) How long is the criminal career interrupted as a result of intervention from the criminal justice system? (3) How significant are the effects of past criminal behavior, as opposed to offender characteristics, such as education, employment history, or drug use, on criminal behavior subsequent to sentencing? (4) How do the effects of sentencing differ among offenders according to background, criminal history, and offense? Special characteristics of the collection include detailed information on the demographic and psychological background of defendants, a description of the offenses and the victims, and criminal recidivism information for adult defendants. More specifically, the sentence file contains data on the defendant's family, educational background, psychological condition, social activities, financial status, employment history, substance abuse, prior and follow-up criminal records, sentence and correctional histories, and other disposition information. The event file provides data on arrest and court appearances as well as data on incarcerations, escapes, transfers, releases, paroles, and furloughs.... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08986

Contents:

Part 1: Sentence File; Part 2: Event File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61161361

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.