JUDICIAL PROCESSING OF ASSAULT AND BURGLARY OFFENDERS IN SELECTED CALIFORNIA COUNTIES - UTILIZATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS PROJECT

• NCJ Number: 29644
• Author(s): C E POPE
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 76 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-SS-99-6006
• Sponsoring Agency: National Criminal Justice Information & Statistics Service
• Corporate Author: Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Ctr
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

UTILIZING A TRANSACTION DATA BASE, THIS REPORT FOCUSES UPON SENTENCE DISPOSITIONS ACCORDED DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT OR BURGLARY OFFENSES IN TWELVE CALIFORNIA COUNTIES.

Abstract

FIGURES ARE PRESENTED DEPICTING THE PROCESSING OF BOTH ASSAULT AND BURGLARY DEFENDANTS THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND THOSE SENTENCES ACCORDED EACH OFFENDER GROUP. THIS REPORT EMPIRICALLY DEMONSTRATES THE UTILITY OF TRANSACTION DATA AS A SOLID BASIS FOR CRIME SPECIFIC ANALYSIS DEALING WITH THE CRIMINAL PROCESSING OF SELECTED OFFENDER GROUPS. THIS REPORT IS PART OF A UTILIZATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS PROJECT DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE TO STATE AND LOCAL PLANNERS AND OTHER USERS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS HOW AVAILABLE DATA CAN BE UTILIZED FOR SOLVING PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. (SNI ABSTRACT)