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-----~---~-~--~-~----------------------- ~--.~--Sourcebook of Criminal JL'stice Statistics 1983riITable 1.83 Development of statewld-: offender-based transaction statistics systems, by system status, component status, and State,September 1980f\OTE: The data below were collected from a survey of State directors ofstatistical analysis centers or criminal justice councils. All Statesexcept Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, and Vermont responded to thesurvey.Offender-based transaction statistics (OBTS) systems are datacollection systems designed to track the movement of an offender frompoint of Initial entry Into the criminal justice system to final departurefrom the criminal justice system. The Source cautions ''that while astate moy have Indicated a particular segment of their system wasoperational the link or tie In to OOTS moy riot be established" (Source,p. 53).The terms "Planning," "Design," "Development," "Implementation,"and "Operational" Indicate a system development sequence. In theearliest stages of system development, system "planning" and studyoccurs. This is followed by a period of system "design," which in turnis followed by a "development" and testing phase, an "implementation"phase, and finally a fully "operational" phase.AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaCalorcJdoConnelcticutDelaY/areDistdct ofColvmbiaFloridaGeoqliaHawaiiIdahclIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasLauisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesataMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew i-PmpshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YQrkNorth Carolinaf\kJrth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaUtahVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingMaintaining,developing,or planninga statewideOB"!"!j sYltemNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesNoYesYes(c)YesYesYesYesYesNoNoNoYesNoNoYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesPolleeIdentificatlon/fingerprint ArrestXNt>.ImplementationNt>.OperationalXNt>.ImplementationOperationalOperationalXNt>.ImplementationPlanningOperationalOperational Operational OperationalImplementation Implementation No plansOperational Operational Deve~opmentDesignXOperationalOperationalXOperationalXImplementationOperationalXPlanningDesignPlanningNt>.OperationalXXXPlanningXXOperationalNt>.OperatianalXXOperationalOperationalOperationalPlanningDesignOperationalXOperationalOperationalXNt>.OperationalImplementationDesignXOperationalOperationalXOperation..!1XImplementationImplementationXPlanningDesignPlanningOperationalOperationalXXXPlanningXXOperationalPlanningOperationalXXOperationalOperationalOperationalPlanningDesignOperationalXOperationalOperationalXNt>.OperationalImplementationStatus af OBTS system componentsCorrectionsState custody/LocalProsecutorparole paroleOperationalXDevdopmentOperationalXOperationalXImplementationPlanningXPlanningNt;PlanningDesignOperationalXXXPlannii1gXXOperationalNt>.PlanningXXNo plansOperationalNt>.No plansPlanningDesignXNt>.OperationalXNt>.OperationalImplementationXNt>.ImplementationOperationalOperationalXNt>.ImplementationOperationalPlanningOperational Operational Nt>.Development Implementation (b)Design/Development Development (b)Nt>.XDevelopmentOperationalXOperationalXImplementationPlanningXPlanningOperationalPlanningDesignOperationalXXXPlanningXXOperationalDesignOperationalXXOperationalOperationalOperationalOperationalPlanning/DesignDesign/OperationalXOperationalOperationalXNt>.OperationalImplementationOperatianalXDevelapmentOperationalXOperationalXOperationalImplementationXDevelopmentPlanningPlanningOperationalNt>.XXXNo plansXXOperationalOperationalOperatianalXXOperatianalImplementationOperatlon~1OperationalPlanningOperotlonolXOperotlonalOperationalXNt>.PlanningImplementationXNt>.ImplementationNt>.PlanningOperationalXDevelopmentNt>.XOperationalXPlanningPlanningXPlanningPlanningPlanningOperationalNt>.XXXNo plansXXOperationalPlanningNo plansXXNo plansNo plansNt>.OperationalNo plansPlanning:.(b)ImplementationProbatlanXNt>.ImplementationNt>.PlanningPlanningImplementationDevelopmentDevelopmentOperationalXOperationalXPlanningDesignXDevelopmentPlanningPlanningNo plansNt>.XXXNo plansXXOperationalDesignOperationalXXPlanningPlanningNt>.OperationalPlanningOperationalXOperationalOperationalXNt>.OperationalDevelopmentSection 2:PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE-RELATED TOPICSA large number of surveys of publicopinion, on a variety of criminal justice topics,are conducted anrJudUy in the United States.Many of these surveys are conducted by publicopinion researchers in connection with politicalcampaigns or in general social surveys; othersare conducted for governmental agencies orcomnissions concerned with specific problemareas: The reports of these surveys arepresented in this section. In addition,mach i ne -readab Ie data pro vi ded by theNational Opinion Research Center from itsGeneral Social Surveys were tabulated bySOlRCEBOO< staff and are included in thisedition, as are tables produced from the ABCNews Poll on crime, provided to SOLRCEBOOKby the Criminal Justice Archive andInformation Network of the Inter-universityConsortium for Political and Social Research.The majority of the opinion surveysconta i ned in this section drew samples ofhouseholds designed to be representative ofhouseholds in the continental United States.Respondents were then selected from thesehouseholds and interviewed. For a descriptionof the general survey sampling procedures ofThe Gallup Poll, the National Opinion ResearchCenter, Louis H:lrris and Associates, the ABCNews-Washington Post Poll, and the N3C Newsand The Associated Press Poll, see .A.ppendix 7.A detailed description of a large survey oncrime, the ABC News Crime Poll, is presentedin Appendix 8.The wide range of topics examined inthese opinion surveys includes fear of crimeand victimization; public attitudes about crimeand its causes; the relative seriousne~s ofcrime as a social problem; juvenile crime;neighborhood crime-watch programs;performance of law enforcement and the U.S.Supreme Court; sentencing and the deathpenalty; the dangerousness and effects of drugsand alcohol; gun ownership and gun control;abuse of children, spouses, and the elderly;prison reform and construction; and thelegalization of various offenses.The survey results are generally brokendown by background characterist ics ofrespondents--such as race, sex, age, andincome--enabling comparisons across importantsocial dimensions. Finally, because some of thesame questions have been asked repeatedl y bya given source over the years, many trendtables have been constructed by SOlRCEBOOKstaff and are presented in this section.aSome States have separate data element segments for their courts It is no\'::.d In the table as lower court stage oflower and upper courts. Other Stal'es either have only one trial court devel~nent/upper court stage of development.or only include upper court dispositions on their OOTS file. For thisNo local parole component to the criminal justice system.table the responses on the stages of development for lower and uppercLauisiana was in the process of implementing an OOTS sY!ltt'r;..court are listed under the broader category "court". If a State During the summer of 1980, activities associated with OBTSspecified different stages of development for their lower and upper development were terminated.Source: Rita Folan, Status of Offender-Based Transaction Statistics (OOTS) SysLem Develof?!ll!tnt in 'the States (Washington, D.C.:Justice Statistics Association, Inc., 1981), pp. 16, 54. Table adapted by S