OFFENDER-BASED TRANSACTION STATISTICS - NEW DIRECTIONS IN DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING - UTILIZATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS PROJECT

• NCJ Number: 29645
• Author(s): C E POPE
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 69 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-SS-99-6006
• Sponsoring Agency: National Criminal Justice Information & Statistics Service
• Corporate Author: Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Ctr
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FIRST OF THREE MONOGRAPHS FOCUSING ON THE JUDICIAL PROCESSING OF 32,694 CALIFORNIA FELONY OFFENDERS (FROM ARREST THROUGH COURT DISPOSITION) IN 12 SEPARATE COUNTIES BETWEEN 1969 AND 1971.

Abstract

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF THE SERIES ARE TWOFOLD - TO DESCRIBE AND ANALYZE A TRANSACTIONAL DATA BASE IN WHICH OFFENDERS ARE TRACKED THROUGH VARIOUS STAGES OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND TO DEMONSTRATE SOME OF THE POSSIBLE USES OF THIS DATA IN PROVIDING INFORMATION OF THE TYPE HERETOFORE NOT READILY AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE UNDERLYING NATURE OF TRANSACTION DATA, HIGHLIGHTING MANY OF ITS POSSIBLE USES. THE FLOW OF CALIFORNIA FELONY ARRESTEES THROUGH THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED ALONG WITH THE SENTENCE DISPOSITION ACCORDED THOSE CHARGED WITH VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIMES AND THE EXTENT OF DIFFERENTIAL PROCESSING BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS. THIS REPORT IS PART OF A UTILIZATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS PROJECT DESIGNED TO SHOW STATE AND LOCAL PLANNERS AND OTHER USERS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS HOW AVAILABLE DATA CAN BE UTILIZED FOR SOLVING PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL CALIFORNIA OBTS (OFFENDER-BASED TRANSACTION STATISTICS) CODEBOOK, WITH AN INCLUSIVE LIST OF DATA ELEMENTS. A BIBLIOGRAPHY IS ALSO INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)