State Court Statistics, 2005

This data collection provides comparable measures of state appellate and trial court caseloads by type of case for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Court caseloads are tabulated according to generic reporting categories developed by the Court Statistics Project (CSP) Committee of the Conference of State Court Administrators. These categories describe differences in the unit of count and the point of count when compiling each court's caseload. Major areas of investigation include (1) case filings in state appellate and trial courts, (2) case processing and dispositions in state appellate and trial courts, and (3) appellate opinions. Within each of these areas of state government investigation, cases are separated by main case type, including civil cases, capital punishment cases, other criminal cases, domestic relations cases, juvenile cases, traffic violations cases, and administrative agency appeals.

本数据集针对美国50个州、哥伦比亚特区及波多黎各，按案件类型提供了州上诉法院与初审法院案件量的可对比统计数据。法院案件量依据美国州法院行政官会议（Conference of State Court Administrators）下属法院统计项目（Court Statistics Project, CSP）委员会制定的通用报告分类进行制表统计。该分类体系明确了统计各法院案件量时所采用的统计单位与统计时点差异。本数据集的核心研究领域包括：1. 州上诉法院与初审法院的案件立案情况；2. 州上诉法院与初审法院的案件处理流程与裁判结果；3. 上诉裁判意见书。在上述各研究领域内，案件按主要类型划分，涵盖民事案件、死刑案件、其他刑事案件、家事纠纷案件、未成年人案件、交通违法案件以及行政机关上诉案件。