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The Sourcebook of Criminal
Justice Statistics, 1997:
25th Anniversary Edition
Visit
Sourcebook Online (http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook)
which is updated as new material becomes available.
This 25th edition is dedicated
to the staff who have worked on this project over the past quarter century
and includes special commentaries and reflections from distinguished contributors.
It contains data from more than 100 sources in 6 sections:
- characteristics of the
criminal justice systems
- public attitudes toward
crime and criminal justice topics
- the nature and distribution
of known offenses
- characteristics and distribution
of persons arrested
- judicial processing of
defendants
- persons under correctional
supervision.
Nearly all the data presented are nationwide in scope and, where possible,
they are displayed by regions, States, and cities to increase their value
for local decisionmakers and for comparative analyses. The report includes
more than 600 tables, figures, subject index, annotated bibliography, technical
appendixes with definitions and methodology, and list of source publishers
and their addresses. Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center 10/98 NCJ
171147
This report is one in a series.
More recent editions may be available. To view a list of all in the series
go to the publications
page.
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- Printed copies(a postage
and handling charge of $6.00 for U.S. buyers and $11.50 for buyers from
Canada and $30.00 for buyers from other countries.)
- CD Rom of the 1994, 1995
and 1996 editions is available for a postage and handling charge of
$11.50 for U.S. buyers and $15.00 for buyers from Canada and other countries,
NCJ-171146.
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