Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

----------- - -- ~------~-------~------------------SourceboOk of CrImInal JustIce Stat/stlcs 1983$c;urges and References,"Periodicity:Annual5O..RCEBOO< table:1.23ThIs report presents workload and performance statistIcs on bothcivil and criminal matters for each of the U.S. courts of appeals andeach of the 95 U.S. district courts. Data for the former lncludeappeals flied, terminated, pending; number of judgeships; types ofappeals; nl..mber of opinions and percent reversed or denied; mediantime from filing to disposition; and other matters pertaining to theappellate courts. Data for the U.S. district courts Includes casesfiled, terminated, and pending; actions per Judgeship; medlC'1I time fromfiling to disposition; juror usage Index; and other matters related toactivities in U.S. district courts. As part of the profile, each court Isranked on various dimensions. Two tables presenting the notionalprofile, for all U.S. Courts of Appeals and all U.S. District Courts onthe workload and performance measures are also Included.* * *Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Report onApplicatIons for Orders Authorizing or ApprovIng theInterception of Wire or Oral Conmunicatlons for the PeriodJanuary I, 1982 to December 31, 1982. Washington, D.C.:Administrative Office of the Lkllted States Courts, 1983.Contents:I 09 pages, 13 tables, 2 appendicesDotes of data presented:Primary period: 1982Trend tables: 1972-82Periodicity:• AnnualSa..RCEBOO< tables:5.11-5.14Thi:s Is a report on the applications for orders authorizing a!'approving the interception of wire or oral comnunlcatlons, as requiredby Title 18, United States Code, Section 2519(1). There is adescription of the reporting requirements of the statute, regulationsfor filing reports, and sl.\1TT1Orles of the reports submitted by judgesand prosecuting officials. The tables In the body of the report Includedata on grants, denials, and authorized length of Intercept orders;offenses for which court intercept orders were granted; types oflocations of authorized interceptionsl nature of the intercept order;overage costs of the electronic surveillance; arrests and convictionsresulting from electronic surveillance; and a SlXTlTlar}' of authorizedintercepts from 1972 to the year of the report. The appendicescontain detailed data from reparts flied by Federal and State judgesand prosecuting officials on court-authorized electronic surveillanceactivities during the focal year and on arrests, trials, and convictionsas a result of intercepts installed during previous years.* * *Adninlstrative Office of the United States Courts. The United StatesCourts: A Pictorial Sunmary for the Twelve-Month PeriodEnded June 30, 1982. Washington, D.C.: Adnlnlstratlve Office ofthe United States Courts, 1982.Contents:22 pages, 8 tables, 16 figuresDotes of data presented:Primary period: year ending June 30, 1982Trend tables: years ending June 30, 1963-82Periodicity:Annual5O..RCEBCO< figures:1.5, 1.7, 5.4, 5.5, 6.2, 6.3The data presented In this report are from annual U.S. Courts ofAppeals' and U.S. District Courts' work;oad statistics, compiled Inaccordance with 28 U.S.C. 604(0)(3).This pictorial s~ry provides a descrIption of the number ofcivil and criminal cases in the U.S. courb, grand and petit jurorutilization, court-appointed counsel, duties of the U.S. magIstrates,persons served by the Federal Probotion System, and the budget of theFederal judicIary.* * *Alderman, Jeffrey D.; Begans, Peter; and Cranney, LIndo A.News-Washington Post Poll. New York: ABC News.ABCDotes of data presented:See narratIvePeriodIcity: ,See narrativeSa..RCEBOO< tables:2.87, 2.88The ABC News-Washington Post Poll contains the results ofopinIon surveys conducted by Chilton Research Services of Radnor,Pennsylvania, a ,5ubsldtory of American Broadcasting Company, Inc., forABC News and 'rhe Washington Post. There Is to be at least onemajor topical poll per mauth and frequent spot polls on current Issuesand trends. A brief note on sample size, sampling error, and surveydotes is included in each survey releas.e.* * *American Correctional Association. 1983 Directory of Juvenile andAdult Correctional Departments, Institutions, Agencies andParoling Authorities. College Pork, Md.: American CorrectionalAssociation, 1983.Contents:431 pages, 13 tables, 2 figuresDotes of data presented:1982Periodicity:Annual5O..RCEBOO< tables:1.62, 6.45-6.48This directory describes the organization and administrativestructure of correctional services In all 50 States, the District ofColunbla, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the U.S. territories. Foreach jurisdiction, information Is provided on Institutions, paroleboards, and parole and probation services for both adults andjuveniles. Descriptive listings and addresses of the individualfacilities within each jurisdiction ore also provided.Summary statistics are provided on personnel, fiscalexpenditures, correctional populations, paroling authorities, types offacilities, and the death penalty. In addition, information Is providedon the U.S. Department of Justice, military correctional facilities, andthe Canadian correctional system. Jails and county departments ofc'Jrrectlons are not included in this report.* * *Berkson, Lorry C.; Beller, Scott; and Grimaldi, Michele. JudicialSelection in th..: United States: A Compendium of Provisions.Chicago: American Judicature Society, 1980.Contents:181 pages, 12 tablesDotes of data presented:1980Perlodiclty:SpecialSa..RCEBOO< tables:1.33-1.35This document describes the methods by which Judges areselected In the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The bookbegins with a historical review of judicial selection in the UnitedStates. It then provides a discussion of trends in selection proceduresat the State level, and contemporary changes in the processes ofselecting Federal judges. A survey of State statutes collected data for1980. Data are presented on the selection and retention process forState supreme court justices; Intermediate appellate judges; andgeneral, limited, and special jurisdiction trial court judges. Currentprovisions for selecting judges through commission plans, partisanelections, and nonpartisan elections are also presented in tabularfashlpn. The book concludes with a Stote-by-State presentation ofrelevant statutory citations and their texts.* * *Bronstein, Julie N. Survey of State Mandatory Judicial EducationRequirements. Washington, D.C.: The America!) University, :981.Cantents:79 pages, 5 tables, 2 appendicesPeriodicity:SpecialSa..RCEBOO< table:1.30This report presents the results of a 1980-81 telephone survey ofState judicial education officers or State court administratorsconcerning the extent and nature of mandatory State Judicialeducation requirements. Information Is presented on types of requirededucational programs, Judicial participation requirements, and thesource of the educational mandate. The appendices provide a list ofsurvey respondents, and a sampling of rules, orders, and Stateconstitutional prOVisions that require judicial education.* * *Comptroller General of the United States. Report to the Congress:Stronger Crackdown Needed on Clandestine LaboratoriesManufacturing Dangerous Drugs. Washington, D.C.: U.S.General Accounting Office, 1981.Contents:44 pages, II tables, i figure, 3 appendicesDotes of data presented:1975-80Periodicity:SpecialSa..RCEBOO< figure:4.19This report assesses whether the Federal Government Ismounting on effective attock on illicitly manufactured dangerousdrugs. The report examines the penaltl~s available to those who areconvicted of manufacturing and trafficking In dangerous drugs. Waysin which the Drug Enforcement Administration could be more effectiveIn dealing with the problem of the illicit manufacture of dangerousdrugs are discussed. Appendix I outlines the criteria by which drugsare classified. Appendix 2 presents data on illicit laboratory seizuresfor 1975-80. Appendix 3 consists of a response to this report fromthe U.S. Deportment of Justice.* * *Conference of State Court Administrators and Nltional Center forState Courts. State Court Organization 1980. U.S. Departmentof Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Washington, D.C.: U.S.Government Printing Office, ! !182.Contents:537 pages, 36 tables, 106 figures, 3 appendicesDotes of data presented:1980Periodicity:SpecialSa..RCEBOO< tables:1.27, 1.36• This document, containing Information on State courtorganization as of Jon. I, 1980, Is the product of a cooperative effortof the Conference of State Court Administrators and the NltionalCenter for State Courts and funded by the Bureau of JusticeStatistics. Data are presented on the organizational, financial, andpersonnel characteristics of court systems of the fifty States, theDistrict of Colunbla, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands,and Guom. Data contained In this volt.me were collected directly fromeach State court administrative office as well as from other,Independent sources. The three appendices present a listing of theState court administrators conSUlted by the Source concerning theaccuracy and completeness of the data, the data collectioninstruments, and a glossary of terms. This document is Intended toserve as a companion volume h) the State Court Case loadStatistics: Annual Report series that contains court case load datafrom most of these some jurisdictions.* * *Contact, Inc. Corrections Compendium. Lincoln, Neb.: Contact, Inc.CootentslSee narrativeDotes of data presented:See narrativeSa..RCEBOO< tables:1.60, 1.61, 6.38The Corrections Compendium Is a manthly publication focusing onIssues In the area of corrections. Regular features of the CorrectionsCompendium Include sections on court decisions, legislation, specialI nterest Items, criminal justice publications, women In corrections, andupcoming events. Each Issue also carries a specIal chart on a selectedIssue (e.g., April 1983, volunteer programs In correctional Institutions).* * *Cooper, Coraline S.; Kelley, Debra; and Lorson, Sharon. Judicial andExecutive Discretion In the Sentencing Process: Analysis ofState Felony Code Provisions. Washington, D.C.: The AmericanUniversity, 1982.Contents:215 pages, 5 tables, 2 appendicesDotes of data presented:1981Periodicity:SpecialSa..RCEBOO< tables:1.70-1.72This report describes State statutory prOVisions regardingsentencing process decisions. Included are discussions of felonysentencing and habitual crimInal sentence enhancements, sentencingprOVisions regarding the use and possessIon of firearms or other deadlyweapons, and statutory provisions affecting parole eligibility andsentence reductions. The report also examines the differencesbetween Indeterminate and determinate sentencing structures. Finally,there Is a review of statutory provisions pertaining to judicial andexecutive discretion In sentencing decisions. The appendices containa literature review and a list of acknowledgments.* * *The Council of State Governments. The Book of the States 1982-83. Lexington, I