Federal Justice Statistics Program: Defendants Charged in Criminal Cases Filed in District Court, 2015

Dataset

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The data contain records of defendants in federal criminal cases filed in United States District Cou...
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Title

Federal Justice Statistics Program: Defendants Charged in Criminal Cases Filed in District Court, 2015

Description

The data contain records of defendants in federal criminal cases filed in United States District Court during fiscal year 2015. The data were constructed from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) Central System file. 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.

General Survey Information

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37388.v1

Persistent identifier

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37388.v1