Prosecution of Felony Arrests, 1982: Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C. (ICPSR 8717)
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Abt Associates
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08717.v1
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Public Domain PROMIS system records for the cities of Portland and Washington, D.C.
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1988-01-06
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- Abt Associates. Prosecution of Felony Arrests, 1982: Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C.. ICPSR08717-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1987. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08717.v1
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.
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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.