COMPARISON OF FELONY ARREST DATA IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, JANUARY 1 - JUNE 30, 1973, AND JANUARY 1 - JUNE 30, 1974

• NCJ Number: 19129
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Gainesville Police Dept
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DATA INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT ARE ON ARREST DISPOSITIONS, SENTENCING, AND FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR RECIDIVISM ARRESTS, AND EXPLANATORY NOTES ON VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF DISPOSITIONS.

Abstract

THIS STUDY ATTEMPTED TO FOLLOW INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED BY THE GAINESVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FELONIES THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM UNTIL CHARGE DISPOSITION. DATA FROM POLICE FILES, COURT RECORDS, AND THE FILES OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE ATTORNEY WERE USED. AMONG THE DISPOSITION CATEGORIES REPORTED ARE GUILTY, PRETRIAL INTERVENTION, PLEA BARGAINING, INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE, SPEEDY TRIAL RULE, COURT DISMISSAL, INCOMPETENCE OF THE ACCUSED, AND THE VICTIM DECLINING TO PROSECUTE.