Monitoring of Federal Criminal Convictions and Sentences: Appeals Data, 2005

This collection contains appellate information from the 12 circuit courts of appeals of the United States. From the Clerk of the Court of each court of appeals, the United States Sentencing Commission compiled the final opinions and orders, both published and unpublished, in all criminal appeals for the time period surveyed. The Commission also collected habeas corpus decisions even though they are technically civil matters, because such cases often involve sentencing issues. Both the "case" and the "defendant" are used in this collection as units of analysis. Each "case" comprises individual records representing all codefendants participating in a consolidated appeal. Each defendant's record comprises the sentencing-related issues corresponding to that particular defendant.

本数据集收录了美国12个联邦巡回上诉法院的上诉信息。美国量刑委员会（United States Sentencing Commission）从各上诉法院的书记官处收集了调查期间所有刑事上诉案件的终审意见和裁定（包括已公布与未公布的）。尽管人身保护令（habeas corpus）案件在技术层面属于民事案件，但由于此类案件常涉及量刑问题，委员会也收集了相关裁决。本数据集以“案件”（case）和“被告人”（defendant）作为分析单元。每个“案件”包含代表参与合并上诉的所有共同被告人的独立记录。每个被告人的记录包含与该特定被告人相关的量刑问题。