nmm 22 4500 ICPSR29203 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130520s2010 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR29203 MiAaI MiAaI Impact of Forensic Evidence on the Criminal Justice Process in Five Sites in the United States, 2003-2006 [electronic resource] Joseph Peterson , Ira Sommers 2010-10-27 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2010 ICPSR 29203 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-20. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. The purpose of the study was to investigate the role and impact of forensic science evidence on the criminal justice process. The study utilized a prospective analysis of official record data that followed criminal cases in five jurisdictions (Los Angeles County, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; Evansville, Indiana; Fort Wayne, Indiana; and South Bend, Indiana) from the time of police incident report to final criminal disposition. The data were based on a random sample of the population of reported crime incidents between 2003 and 2006, stratified by crime type and jurisdiction. A total of 4,205 cases were sampled including 859 aggravated assaults, 1,263 burglaries, 400 homicides, 602 rapes, and 1,081 robberies. Descriptive and impact data were collected from three sources: police incident and investigation reports, crime lab reports, and prosecutor case files. The data contain a total of 175 variables including site, crime type, forensic variables, criminal offense variables, and crime dispositions variables. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29203.v1 aggravated assault icpsr arrests icpsr burglary icpsr convictions (law) icpsr crime icpsr crime laboratories icpsr criminal investigations icpsr evidence icpsr forensic sciences icpsr homicide icpsr offenses icpsr prosecution icpsr rape icpsr robbery icpsr sentencing icpsr NACJD IV. Court Case Processing NAHDAP I. National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program ICPSR XVII.E. Social Institutions and Behavior, Crime and the Criminal Justice System Peterson, Joseph Sommers, Ira Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 29203 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29203.v1