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| All offenses | 37 | mo | 57 | mo | 6 | mo | 38 | mo |
| Violent offenses | 68 | 92 | 7 | 44 | ||||
| Property offenses | 29 | 45 | 6 | 38 | ||||
| Drug offenses | 31 | 51 | 6 | 38 | ||||
| Weapons offenses | 32 | 47 | 7 | 34 | ||||
| Other offenses | 24 | 41 | 6 | 38 | ||||
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BJS publicationsThis list is in order of the most recent publication first. Additional titles are listed on other topical pages and a comprehensive list is contained on the BJS publications page. To see a full abstract of a publication with links to electronic versions of the publication, click on the title below.
Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2004, 4/08. Presents data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the nation's 75 largest counties during May 2004. NCJ 221152
Felony Sentences in State Courts, 2004, 7/07 Presents statistics for adults who were convicted of a felony and sentenced in State courts. The data were collected in a nationally representative survey of 300 counties in 2004. NCJ 215646
State Court Sentencing of Convicted Felons Presents detailed findings from nationally representative sample survey of felons convicted in State courts, with tables on the number of felony offenders in State courts, the sentences they received, demographic characteristics of convicted felons, the number of felons sentenced to probation, the number of felons convicted by trial and guilty plea, and the amount of time required to process felony conviction cases.
Violent Felons in Large Urban Counties, 8/06. Presents data collected from a representative sample of felony cases that resulted in a felony conviction for a violent offense in 40 of the Nation's 75 largest counties. NCJ 205289 Census of Tribal Justice Agencies in Indian Country, 2002, 12/05. Presents detailed information gathered on tribal law enforcement agencies, tribal courts and services, and criminal record systems from the 2002 Census of Tribal Justice Agencies in American Indian Jurisdictions. NCJ 205332 Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances, 6/05. Compares family and nonfamily violence statistics from victimization through the different stages of the justice system. NCJ 207846 Cross-National Studies in Crime and Justice, 09/04. Summarizes the results from a study that documents crime and criminal punishment trends from 1981 to 1999 in eight countries: Australia, Canada, England, the Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. NCJ 200988 Federal Criminal Appeals, 1999, with Trends 1985-99, 4/01. Describes the increase in the appellate caseload as a result of challenges to the sentence imposed. NCJ 185055 Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases, 11/00. Examines issues of legal representation for defendants in Federal district court and large local jurisdictions, and inmates in local jails and Federal and State prison. NCJ 179023 Truth in Sentencing in State Prisons, 1/99. Describes the development and use of truth-in-sentencing (TIS) laws and presents data on the growing number of States that have adopted TIS and the increasing amount of time offenders are serving in State prison. NCJ 170032 Crime and Justice in the United States and in England and Wales, 1981-96, 10/98. Presents data that compares crime in the United States and England with respect to crime rates (as measured both by victimization surveys and police statistics), conviction rates, incarceration rates, and length of sentences. NCJ 169284 Violent Offenders in State Prison: Sentences and Time Served--State Inmates, 1992-94, 7/95. Reports jurisdiction- level data on sentence length and time served for violent prison inmates who were admitted or released in 1992, 1993, and 1994. NCJ 154632 Prison Sentences and Time Served for Violence , 4/1/95. Presents the time served by violent offenders released from State prisons in 1992; estimates the hypothetical impact on time served of changing the percentage of sentence served; and discusses how the States differ in percentage of sentence served. NCJ 153858 Challenging the Conditions of Prisons and Jails: A Report on Section 1983 Litigation, 2/95. Discusses the extent and outcomes of Federal civil suits by prisoners against correctional authorities. NCJ 151652
Sentencing in the Federal Courts: Does Race Matter? The Transition to
Sentencing Guidelines, 1986-90 , 12/93. This discussion paper
analyzes the factors that affect sentencing determinations under the Federal
Sentencing Guidelines. Performance Measures for the Criminal Justice System, 10/93 .This compendium of Discussion Papers represents the work of the BJS-Princeton University Study Group on Criminal Justice Performance Measures. NCJ 143505
Also by BJS staffLangan, Patrick A. "Between Prison and Probation: Intermediate Sanctions," Science, 264, pp. 791-793, May 6, 1994. Langan, Patrick A. "No racism in the justice system,"The Public Interest, Fall, 1994. Farrington, David P., Patrick A. Langan and Per-Olof H. Wikstrom, "Changes in crime and punishment in England, Sweden and America in the 1980's," Studies on Crime & Crime Prevention, Vol. 3, pp. 104-130, 1994. Farrington, David P. and Patrick A. Langan, "Changes in crime and punishment in England and America in the 1980s,"Justice Quarterly. Langan, Patrick A. and David P. Farrington, "Two-track or one-track justice? Some evidence from an English longitudinal survey," Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 74, 2, pp. 519-546.
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