PRETRIAL OFFENDER IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - A REPORT ON THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCESSING OF 1975 DEFENDANTS

• NCJ Number: 41522
• Author(s): J D WELSH; D VIETS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 210 pages
• Grant Number(s): 76-DF-03-0013; 76-ED-03-0013
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency; District of Columbia Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analysis
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PRETRIAL POPULATION PROCESSED BY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS IN 1975, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS, OFFENSE CHARACTERISTICS, AND CASE OUTCOMES.

Abstract

THIS STUDY IS BASED ON THE DOCUMENT ANALYSIS OF 20,109 DEFENDANT RECORDS CONTAINED IN THE FILES OF THE D.C. BAIL AGENCY. DATA IS PROVIDED ON THE NUMBER OF CASES PROCESSED, DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF OFFENDERS, TYPES OF OFFENSES, COMMUNITY TIES OF OFFENDERS, DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF OFFENDERS, AND CRIMINAL HISTORY OF OFFENDERS. INFORMATION ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF BAIL, PRETRIAL RELEASE, FINAL CASE OUTCOMES, AND REPEAT OFFENDERS IS ALSO GIVEN. THE AUTHORS NOTE THAT THE BYPRODUCT OF THIS STUDY WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXTENSIVE AUTOMATED DATA BASE THAT HAS PERMITTED A FEASIBILITY TEST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OFFENDER BASED TRANSACTION STATISTICS SYSTEM IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA....DMC