SOURCEBOOK OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS, 1974

• NCJ Number: 17413
• Author(s): M J HINDELANG; C S DUNN; A L AUMICK; L P SUTTON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 252 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

A COMPREHENSIVE COMPILATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND RELATED STATISTICS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM THE PUBLICATIONS OF A VARIETY OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE AGENCIES.

Abstract

DATA INCLUDED IN THIS COMPILATION ARE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY NATIONWIDE IN SCOPE. AN EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO FOCUS ON STATE AND LOCAL DATA RATHER THAN ON FEDERAL DATA, BECAUSE FEDERAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES HANDLE ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF ALL CRIME-RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND THESE FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS MAY NOT BE CHARACTERISTIC OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRANSACTIONS GENERALLY. STATISTICS FROM 79 SOURCES ARE COMPILED IN SIX GROUPINGS- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE-RELATED TOPICS, NATURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF KNOWN OFFENSES, CHARACTERISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS ARRESTED, JUDICIAL PROCESSING OF DEFENDANTS, AND PERSONS UNDER CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION. THE TABLE AND FIGURE LIST CROSS-REFERENCES 1974 EDITION TABLES WITH THEIR 1973 EDITION COUNTERPARTS. THE APPENDIXES PRESENT DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY FOR EASIER COMPARISON BETWEEN SOURCES. THERE IS ALSO A SUBJECT INDEX FOR EASY CROSS-REFERENCE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) (SNI ABSTRACT)