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Description & Citation--Study No. 25426 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 25426 |
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| Persistent URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25426 |
| Title: | Organizations Convicted in Federal Criminal Courts, 2008 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | United States Sentencing Commission |
| Series: | Organizations Convicted in Federal Criminal Courts Series |
| Bibliographic Citation: | United States Sentencing Commission. Organizations Convicted in Federal Criminal Courts, 2008 [Computer file]. ICPSR25426-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-08-21. doi:10.3886/ICPSR25426 |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | These data, collected to assist in the development of sentencing guidelines, describe offense and sentencing characteristics for organizations sentenced in federal district courts in 2008. The United States Sentencing Commission's primary function is to inform federal courts of sentencing policies and practices that include guidelines prescribing the appropriate form and severity of punishment for offenders convicted of federal crimes. Court-related variables include primary offense type, pecuniary offense loss and gain, dates of disposition and sentencing, method of determination of guilt, number of counts pled and charged, and dates and types of sentencing and restitution. Defendant organization variables include ownership structure, number of owners and employees, highest level of corporate knowledge of the criminal offense, highest level of corporate indictment and conviction for participation in the criminal offense, annual revenue, equity and financial status, whether it was a criminal organization, duration of criminal activity, and risk to national security. Organizational defendants data, 2008, covers fiscal year October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008. |
| Subject Term(s): | convictions (law), corporate crime, corporate sentencing, defendants, disposition (legal), federal courts, federal offenses, fines, organizational structure, organizations, restitution programs, sentencing, sentencing guidelines |
| Smallest Geographic Unit: | federal court district |
| Geographic Coverage: | United States |
| Time Period: | October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008 |
| Date(s) of Collection: | 2007 - 2008 |
| Unit of Observation: | federal case |
| Universe: | All organizational defendants sentenced in federal district courts during 2007-2008. |
| Data Type: | event/transaction data |
| Data Collection Notes: | Starting with the 1999 data, ICPSR archives ORGANIZATIONS CONVICTED IN FEDERAL CRIMINAL COURTS under a new study number for each year of data. Data for the years 1987-1998 are archived in ORGANIZATIONS CONVICTED IN FEDERAL CRIMINAL COURTS, 1987-1998: [UNITED STATES] (ICPSR 9513). |
Methodology | |
| Data Source: | Case materials from United States probation offices: master dockets, official indictments, presentence investigation reports, plea agreements, judgment of conviction orders. |
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 record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
| Original ICPSR Release: | 2009-08-21 |
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