NCJ Number
59679
Editor(s)
T J FLANAGAN,
M J HINDELANG
Date Published
1980
Length
828 pages
Annotation
THIS SOURCEBOOK PRESENTS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA (588 TABLES AND 88 FIGURES) IN AN EASY-TO-USE, COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE DOCUMENT.
Abstract
STATISTICS FROM 120 SOURCES ARE COMPILED IN 6 GROUPINGS: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, 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 SUPERVISON. THE TABLE AND FIGURE LIST CROSS-REFERENCES 1979 EDITION TABLES AND FIGURES WITH THEIR 1978 EDITION COUNTERPARTS, AND A SUBJECT INDEX IS FURNISHED. THE APPENDIXES PRESENT DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY FOR EASIER COMPARISON BETWEEN SOURCES. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES ALSO IS INCLUDED, ALONG WITH A LIST OF SOURCE PUBLISHERS AND THEIR ADDRESSES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--DAG)