nmm 22 4500 ICPSR07710 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130519s1984 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR07710 MiAaI MiAaI Evaluation of Pre-Trial Settlement Conference [electronic resource] Dade County, Florida, Criminal Court, 1979 Wayne A. Kerstetter 2005-11-04 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1984 ICPSR 7710 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-19. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. This study reports on the implementation in Dade County, Florida, of a proposal to involve, on a voluntary basis, victims, defendants, and police in a judicial plea negotiation conference. The study was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, United States Department of Justice. Parts 1-3, Defendants, Victims, and Police files, consist of responses to questionnaires given to defendants, victims, and police. The questionnaires were administered during 20-minute interviews, conducted after the case had been completed. The interview instruments were designed to collect data on three major issues: (1) the extent to which respondents reported participation in the processing of their cases, (2) respondents' knowledge of the way their cases were processed, and (3) respondents' attitudes toward the disposition of their cases and toward the criminal justice system. Part 4 is the Conference Data File. During the pretrial settlement conference, an observer wrote down in sequence as much as possible of the verbal behavior. After the session, the observer made some subjective ratings, provided descriptive data about the conclusion of the session, and classified comments into one of the following categories: (1) Facts of the Case, (2) Prior Record, (3) Law and Practices, (4) Maximum Sentence, (5) Prediction of Trial Outcome, (6) Conference Precedent, (7) Personal Background History, and (8) Recommendations. Information in Part 5, the Case Information Data File, was drawn from court records and includes type of case, number of charges, sentence type, sentence severity (stated and perceived), seriousness of offense, date of arrest, date of arraignment, date of conference, prior incarcerations, and defendant background. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07710.v1 case processing icpsr courts icpsr disposition (legal) icpsr criminal justice system icpsr defendants icpsr plea negotiation icpsr police officers icpsr pretrial procedures icpsr victims icpsr NACJD V. Courts ICPSR XII. Legal Systems Kerstetter, Wayne A. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07710.v1