Federal Justice Statistics Program: Suspects in Federal Criminal Matters, 2016 (ICPSR 37424)

Version Date: Dec 18, 2019

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Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37424.v1

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Summary

The data contain records of suspects in federal criminal matters received by United States attorneys or filed before the United States magistrates during fiscal year 2016. The data were constructed from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) Central System file. Records include suspects in criminal matters, and are limited to suspects whose matters were not declined immediately by the United States attorneys. According to the EOUSA, the United States attorneys conduct approximately 95 percent of the prosecutions handled by the Department of Justice. The Central Charge and Central System data contain variables from the original EOUSA files as well as additional analysis variables. Variables containing identifying information (e.g., name, Social Security Number) were either removed, coarsened, or blanked in order to protect the identities of individuals. These data are part of a series designed by Abt and the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Data and documentation were prepared by Abt.

Citation

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Federal Justice Statistics Program: Suspects in Federal Criminal Matters, 2016. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37424.v1

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Funding

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

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

Access to these BJS-sponsored data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a NACJD Restricted Data Use Agreement available from the ResearchDataGov website, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.

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Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2015-10-01 -- 2016-09-30 (Fiscal year 2016)

Date of Collection

2015-10-01 -- 2016-09-30 (Fiscal year 2016)
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Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Suspects in federal criminal matters received by United States attorneys or filed before United States magistrates during fiscal year 2016.

Unit(s) of Observation

federal suspects

Data Source

extracts from the EOUSA Central System file

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

2019-12-18

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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.

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