Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases, [United States], 2002-2010 / Rob Tillyer, Richard D. Hartley.

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Datafile

Contributor:

Tillyer, Rob University of Texas at San Antonio.

Hartley, Richard D. University of Texas at San Antonio.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 36989.

ICPSR ; 36989

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

2018-05-14.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018.

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Mode of access: Intranet.

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Summary:

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. This study directly examined the nature and characteristics of cases prosecuted in the federal courts by analyzing prosecutorial decisions to proceed with charges (or not) once an arrest is initiated, and to investigate any adjustment from the arresting offense to the charging offense. These decisions were analyzed to document their correlates and identify variation across case type. The collection contains 1 SPSS data file (2002-10-Arrest-cases--FINAL-ANALYSIS.sav (n=794,807; 43 variables)) and 1 SPSS syntax file.Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36989.v1

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Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2018-06-14.

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