The Source for Crime and Justice Data

National Assessment Program Survey of Criminal Justice Personnel in the United States, 1986

(7 datasets; 1,445 KB)

Principal Investigator(s): McEwen, J. Thomas; Webster, Barbara; Connors, Edward

Summary: This survey probed the needs and problems facing local criminal justice practitioners. Within each sampled county, survey questionnaires were distributed to the police chief of the largest city, the sheriff, the jail administrator, the prosecutor, the chief trial court judge, the trial court administrator (where applicable), and probation and parole agency heads. Although the general topics covered in the questionnaires are similar, specific items are not repeated across the questionnaire... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09923.v1

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