National Prosecutors Survey, 1992 (ICPSR 6273)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Summary:
This survey queried chief prosecuting attorneys of state prosecutorial districts (district attorneys, commonwealth attorneys, etc.) about the prosecution of felony cases within their jurisdictions during 1991 and 1992. Some items included in an earlier survey, NATIONAL PROSECUTORS SURVEY, 1990 (ICPSR 9579), were repeated, covering topics such as new methods of prosecution, new kinds of evidence, use of criminal history data, general workload statistics, funding, plea negotiations, sentencing of intermediate sanctions, relationships with victims and other persons aiding prosecution, criminal defense of indigents, and the use of lower courts and grand juries. New areas of concern in 1992 included staffing, turnover, recruitment, new kinds of felonies, problem cases, scientific evidence, computerization, staff training, drug testing, and the personal risks associated with the role of prosecutor. Demographic data include sex, race, and ethnic composition of current staff members.
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One or more files in this study are not available for download due to special restrictions; consult the restrictions note to learn more.
To protect respondent privacy, certain identifying variables are restricted from general dissemination. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Data Transfer Agreement Form and specify the reasons for the request. A copy of the Data Transfer Agreement Form can be requested by calling 800-999-0960 or 734-647-5000. The Data Transfer Agreement Form is also available as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file from the NACJD Web site at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/Private/private.pdf. Completed forms should be returned to: Director, National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research, P.O. Box 1248, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, or by fax: 734-647-8200.
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Study Description
Citation
United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. National Prosecutors Survey, 1992. ICPSR06273-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1994. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06273.v1
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06273.v1
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Funding
This survey was funded by:
- United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: attorneys, case processing, district attorneys, evidence, felony courts, felony offenses, personel, plea negotiations, policies and procedures, prosecuting attorneys, prosecution, sentencing, state courts, training, trial procedures, victim services
Geographic Coverage: United States
Time Period:
- 1991-07-01--1992-06-30
Date of Collection:
- 1992
Universe: Prosecutorial districts, usually consisting entirely of one county (190), but occasionally two or more counties (100) in the United States.
Data Types: survey data
Data Collection Notes:
Conducted by United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Methodology
Sample: Stratified probability sample of approximately 300 counties selected for the NATIONAL JUDICIAL REPORTING PROGRAM, 1990 (ICPSR 6038), equivalent to a nationally representative sample of chief prosecutors.
Data Source:
self-enumerated questionnaires
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Version(s)
Original ICPSR Release: 1994-05-20
Version History:
- 2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions.
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