Augmented Federal Probation, Sentencing, and Supervision Information System, 1985 / United States Sentencing Commission.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 9664.

ICPSR ; 9664

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States--Statistics.

Sentences (Criminal procedure).

Punishment--United States--Statistics.

Punishment.

Criminal statistics--United States.

Criminal statistics.

United States.

Genre:

Statistics.

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], 1992.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The United States Sentencing Commission, established by the 98th Congress, is an independent agency in the judicial branch of government. The Commission recommends guidelines prescribing the appropriate form and severity of punishment for offenders convicted of federal crimes. These data were collected to determine whether sentencing disparities existed and whether the guidelines were adequate. Basic information in the collection includes a description of the offense, characterization of the defendant's background and criminal record, method of disposition of the case, and sentence imposed. Felony and misdemeanor cases are included while petty offense cases are excluded. Three types of additional information were used to augment the existing data: (1) more detailed offense and offender characteristics identified by the United States Sentencing Commission but coded by federal probation officers, (2) actual time served in prison from the SENTRY data file of the United States Bureau of Prisons, and (3) information necessary to estimate prospective release dates from the hearing files of the United States Parole Commission. The unit of analysis is the defendant.... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09664

Contents:

Part 1: Drug Offenses Data; Part 2: Street Crime Offenses Data; Part 3: White Collar Offenses Data; Part 4: Other Offenses Data; Part 5: Codebook for All Parts; Part 6: SPSS Control Cards for All Parts; Part 7: SAS Control Cards for All Parts

Notes:

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

OCLC:

61163389

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.