CRIMINAL INCIDENTS AND DEFENDANTS INVOLVED IN THEM - AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON A NEW CRIME CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

• NCJ Number: 31754
• Author(s): K WILLIAMS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 42 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-NI-99-0008
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: INSLAW
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS OF THE FREQUENCY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CRIMINAL INCIDENTS AND THE DEFENDANTS INVOLVED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. DURING 1973, AND DISCUSSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRIME CLASSIFICATION SCHEME.

Abstract

DATA FOR THE ANALYSIS WAS GATHERED FROM THE WASHINGTON, D.C. PROSECUTOR'S MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (PROMIS). CRIMINAL INCIDENTS ARE REPORTED FOR SUCH FACTORS AS SERIOUSNESS OF CHARGE AND TYPE OF VICTIM. DEFENDANT RELATED FACTORS REPORTED IN THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDE NUMBER OF CODEFENDANTS, NUMBER OF VICTIMS, AGE, RACE, PRIOR ARRESTS, CRIME SERIOUSNESS, AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE DEFENDANT AND VICTIM. THE FOUR STAGES UNDERTAKEN IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ARE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED. THESE INCLUDE EXAMINATION OF EXISTING TYPOLOGIES, AN EXAMINATION OF THE DATA SOURCES WITH WHICH PROMIS DATA WOULD EVENTUALLY BE COMPARED, A REVIEW OF PROMIS DATA FOR 1973, AND DEVELOPMENT OF A VERSION OF THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM. THE PROCEDURE FOR CLASSIFYING CRIMINAL INCIDENTS AND CASES IN PROMIS AND SOME FURTHER USES OF THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.