Monitoring of Federal Criminal Sentences, 2005

This collection contains information on federal criminal cases sentenced under the Sentencing Guidelines and Policy Statements of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. The data files include all cases received by the United States Sentencing Commission that had sentencing dates between October 1, 2004, and September 30, 2005, and were assessed as constitutional. Constitutionality compares each case's sentencing date, circuit, district, and judge to provide uniformity in reporting the cases. In 1999, the United States Sentencing Commission added more variables from its databases to this collection, so the data are now provided in two files. Part 1, Main Data, includes the most important variables for each case, such as defendant's age, criminal history points, armed criminal status, case disposition, sentence, and fines applied. Part 2, Supplemental Data, contains additional variables involving multiple guideline computation and count-based statutes. For a more detailed discussion of the two files, users should consult the codebook.

本数据集收录了依据1984年《量刑改革法案》（Sentencing Reform Act of 1984）所规定的量刑指南与政策声明进行判决的联邦刑事案件相关信息。本次数据文件涵盖美国量刑委员会（United States Sentencing Commission）接收的全部符合以下条件的案件：判决日期介于2004年10月1日至2005年9月30日之间，且经合宪性评估合格。合宪性评估流程会比对每起案件的判决日期、司法巡回辖区、地区法院辖区以及承办法官信息，以确保案件上报的统一性。1999年，美国量刑委员会从其数据库中新增更多变量纳入本数据集，因此当前数据分为两个文件提供。第一部分：核心数据集（Main Data）包含每起案件的核心变量，例如被告人年龄、犯罪历史积分、武装犯罪身份、案件处置结果、判决内容及所处罚款金额。第二部分：补充数据集（Supplemental Data）则收录了涉及多项量刑指南计算以及基于计数的法条的额外变量。如需详细了解这两个文件的相关说明，使用者可查阅配套的代码手册（codebook）。