Bureau of Justice Statistics: Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2006, by Thomas H Cohen, Tracey Kyckelhahn, May 26, 2010, NCJ 228944
“Presents data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the nation’s 75 most populous counties during May 2006. To provide a complete overview of the processing of felony defendants from filing to disposition and sentencing, non-murder cases are tracked for one year and murder cases are tracked for two years. Data collected include current arrest charges, demographic characteristics, prior arrests and convictions, criminal justice status at time of arrest, type of pretrial release or detention, bail amount, court appearance record, adjudication outcome, and conviction sentence received. This periodic report has been published biennially since 1990.”
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