Federal Justice Statistics Program Data, 1978-1994: [United States]

Data in this collection examine the processing of federal
offenders. The Cases Terminated files (Parts 1-3 and 25-28) contain
information about defendants in criminal cases filed in the United
States Federal District Court and terminated in the calendar years
indicated. Defendants in criminal cases may either be individuals or
corporations, and there is one record for each defendant in each case
terminated. Information on court proceedings, date the case was filed,
date the case was terminated, most serious charge, and reason for
termination is included. The Docket and Reporting System files (Parts
4-7, 31-34, and 42) include information on suspects in investigative
matters that took an hour or more of a United States Attorney's time
with one of the following outcomes: (1) the United States Attorney
declined to prosecute, (2) the case was filed in Federal District
Court, or (3) the matter was disposed by a United States
magistrate. Codes for each disposition and change of status are also
provided. The Pretrial Services data (Parts 8, 22, 43, and 47) present
variables on the circuit, district, and office where the defendant was
charged, type of action, year of birth and sex of the defendant, major
offense charge, and results of initial and detention hearings. The
Parole Decisions data (Part 9) contain information from various parole
hearings such as court date, appeal action, reopening decision,
sentence, severity of sentence, offense, and race and ethnicity of the
defendant. The Offenders Under Supervision files (Parts 15-16 and
37-40) focus on convicted offenders sentenced to probation supervision
and federal prisoners released to parole supervision. The Federal
Prisoner files (Parts 18 and 20) supply data on when an offender
entered and was released from confinement, as well as the amount of
time served for any given offense. The Administrative Office of the
United States Courts data files (Parts 44, 52, and 53) contain records
of defendants in criminal cases filed in Federal District Court and
terminated in the calendar years indicated. There is one record for
each defendant in each case. Variables include the date the case was
filed, offense level, AO (Administrative Office) codes, and
disposition date. The Bureau of Prisons data (both the Master and
Detail files, Parts 45, 46, and 54-57 -- formerly known as the Federal
Prisoner files) contain records of sentenced prisoners admitted to or
released from federal prison during 1992-1994. These files consist of
separate records for each prisoner's commitment to federal prison, and
for each sentence imposed on a prisoner for a given commitment to
federal prison. The Central System (CS) and Central Charge (CC) files
of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) include
information about suspects in criminal matters and defendants in
criminal cases in 1993-1994. Each defendant in a criminal matter has a
master Central System record (Parts 50 and 51) and may have one or
more Central Charge records (Parts 48 and 49). The Federal
Probation/Supervision Data files (Parts 58 and 59) provide information
on supervision procedures and the sequence of events and proceedings
in 1992-1994 from the time a case was opened for supervision until the
case was terminated. These include reports of parole violations,
transfers of supervision to other districts, and case removals due to,
for example, rearrest or hospitalization. The Sentencing Commission
data (Parts 60 and 61) contain information on federal criminal cases
sentenced in 1992-1994 under the Sentencing Guidelines and Policy
Statements of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.