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Description & Citation--Study No. 9264 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 9264 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Charging and Sentencing of Murder and Voluntary Manslaughter Cases in Georgia, 1973-1979 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | David C. Baldus |
| George Woodworth | |
| Charles A. Jr. Pulaski | |
| Funding Agency: | National Science Foundation. Edna M'Connell Clark Foundation. Law and Social Sciences Program. |
| Grant Number: | SES 8209449 |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Baldus, David C., George Woodworth, and Charles A. Pulaski Jr. CHARGING AND SENTENCING OF MURDER AND VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CASES IN GEORGIA, 1973-1979 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa College of Law [producer], 1981. Ann Arbor: MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | These data were collected to assess the levels of racial discrimination and arbitrariness occurring at different levels within Georgia's capital charging and sentencing system. Data cover approximately 1,000 murder and voluntary manslaughter cases. Information was obtained for all known penalty trial cases and for certain cases stratified by case type (voluntary manslaughter conviction, nonpenalty trial life sentence, and penalty trial) and by state judicial circuit. Numerous measures of defendant blameworthiness were developed as a basis for assessing levels of arbitrariness and discrimination in the capital charging and sentencing system. Variables include race, sex, and socioeconomic class, as well as crime codes, jury/bench decisions, final plea, term, and number of counts convicted. |
| Subject Term(s): | manslaughter, murder, racial discrimination, sentencing |
| Geographic Coverage: | Georgia, United States |
| Time Period: | March 1973 - December 1979 |
| Universe: | Defendants convicted of murder or voluntary manslaughter in Georgia between March 1973 and December 1979. |
| Data Type: | survey data, and event/transaction data |
| Data Collection Notes: | The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site. |
Methodology | |
| Sample: | Stratified probability sample including all known sentence and penalty trial cases. |
| Data Source: | records of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, Georgia Department of Offender Rehabilitation, Georgia Bureau of Vital Statistics, and Georgia prosecutors and defense attorneys |
Access and Availability | |
| Note: | A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as LRECL, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
| Original ICPSR Release: | 1989-12-15 |
| Version History: | The last update of this study occurred on 2001-12-14. |
| 2001-12-14 - The documentation for this collection was converted to PDF and the SAS data definition statements were reformatted. | |
