Prosecution of Felony Arrests, 1982: Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C. (ICPSR 8717)

Published: Jan 18, 2006

Principal Investigator(s):
Abt Associates

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08717.v1

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Project Description

Summary

This study provides statistical information on how prosecutors and the courts disposed of criminal cases involving adults arrested for felony crimes in two individual urban jurisdictions, Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C. Cases in the data files were initiated or filed in 1982. Both the Washington, D.C. file and the Portland file contain information on all felony arrests (which include arrests declined as well as those filed), cases filed, and cases indicted. Sentencing information is provided in the Portland file but is not available for Washington D.C.

Citation

Abt Associates. Prosecution of Felony Arrests, 1982: Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08717.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Subject Terms

arrests court cases court system criminal justice system defendants prosecuting attorneys sentencing

Geographic Coverage

Oregon District of Columbia United States Portland (Oregon)

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1982-01 -- 1982-12

Data Collection Notes

For reasons of confidentiality, the police department identification number, the individual's true name, and the circuit attorney's manual case file number have been blanked. This is part of a larger three-part study.

Methodology

Universe

All information stored on a jurisdiction's PROMIS system for felony cases initiated in 1982, cases initiated in 1981, and cases initiated in the two or more years after 1982.

Data Source

Public Domain PROMIS system records for the cities of Portland and Washington, D.C.

Data Type(s)

event/transaction data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1988-01-06

Version Date

2006-01-18

Version History

2006-01-18 File CB8717.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

Notes

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.

This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.