DETENTION AND DISPOSITION PATTERNS OF PRETRIAL PRISONERS, SANTA CLARA COUNTY 1970

• NCJ Number: 8941
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 99 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-NI-09-0001
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: American Justice Institute
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: SANTA CLARA CRIMINAL JUSTICE PILOT PROGRAM

Annotation

QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY FROM THE BOOKING OF PRISONERS TO THEIR FINAL COURT DISPOSITION.

Abstract

THE STUDY DESCRIBES THE DISPOSITION PATTERNS OF VARIOUS OFFENSE CATEGORIES, HOW LONG THE PRISONERS STAY IN PRETRIAL DETENTION, WHETHER THEY ACHIEVE A PRETRIAL RELEASE, IF THEY ARE CONVICTED, AND WHAT TYPES OF SENTENCES THEY RECEIVE. THE RESULTS WERE BASED ON A SAMPLING OF EVERY 40TH JAIL BOOKING OF CALENDAR YEAR 1970. (AUTHOR MODIFIED)