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Federal Court Cases: Integrated Data Base, 1970-2000
The purpose of this data collection is to provide an
official public record of the business of the federal courts. The data
originate from 94 district and 12 appellate court offices throughout
the United States. Information was obtained at two points in the life
of a case: filing and termination. The termination data contain
information on both filing and terminations, while the pending data
contain only filing information. For the appellate and civil data, the
unit of analysis is a single case. The unit of analysis for the
criminal data is a single defendant.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | restricted public |
| bureauCode |
[
"011:21"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "Ask BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics (USDOJ)",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:askbjs@usdoj.gov"
}
|
| dataQuality |
false
|
| description | The purpose of this data collection is to provide an official public record of the business of the federal courts. The data originate from 94 district and 12 appellate court offices throughout the United States. Information was obtained at two points in the life of a case: filing and termination. The termination data contain information on both filing and terminations, while the pending data contain only filing information. For the appellate and civil data, the unit of analysis is a single case. The unit of analysis for the criminal data is a single defendant. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Federal Court Cases: Integrated Data Base, 1970-2000",
"accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08429.v7"
}
]
|
| identifier |
"2117"
|
| isPartOf |
"2173"
|
| issued | 1990-04-30T00:00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"administration",
"appellate courts",
"case dismissal",
"case processing",
"civil law",
"court cases",
"criminal law",
"defendants",
"disposition (legal)",
"federal courts",
"judicial decisions",
"legal systems",
"pretrial procedures",
"records",
"trial courts",
"trial procedures"
]
|
| language |
[
"eng"
]
|
| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 2012-05-22T15:10:22 |
| programCode |
[
"011:061"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "Bureau of Justice Statistics",
"@type": "org:Organization",
"subOrganizationOf": {
"id": 22,
"name": "Office of Justice Programs",
"acronym": "OJP",
"parentOrganization": {
"id": 10,
"name": "Department of Justice",
"acronym": "DOJ"
},
"parentOrganizationID": 10
}
}
|
| rights | These data are restricted due to the increased risk of violation of confidentiality of respondent and subject data. |
| title | Federal Court Cases: Integrated Data Base, 1970-2000 |
