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

------~. ---------------------------_. ",.,Sourcebook of ,Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Characteristics of the Criminal Justice SystemsTobie 1.23 Criminal cases filed per judgeship in U.S. District Courts, by district, years ending June 30, 1969-82TobIe 1.23 Criminal cases filed per judgeship In U.S. District Courts, years ending June 30, 1969-82--Continuedt-OTE: The Federal courts are organized into II geographiccircuits. Each circuit consists of a number of District Courts,which are the trial courts, and a Court of Appeals, which hearsappeals taken from other courts. There is also a separateDistrict Court and Court of Appeals for the District of CollXnbia.Q, Oct. I, 1981 the number of U.S. District Court Circuitswas increased from 10 to II. The new circuit was created by theremoval of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia from the Fifth Circuitand the reorganization of these courts Into the Eleventh Circuit.Beginning with the year ending June 30, 1976, U.S. DistrictCourts have reported the number of minor offense cases filed inthe Federal courts in addition to the number of felonies andmisdemeanors above the minor offense level (offenses Involvingpenalties that do not exceed I year Imprisonment or a fine ofmore than $1,000). This additional reporting resulted from theSpeedy Trial Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-619), which required thecourts to maintain records on all offenses above the petty offenselevel (offenses involving penalties that do not exceed 6 monthsIncarceration and/or a fine of not mare than $50U). Because themajority of miner offense cases are handled by magistrates inFederal courts and because this report is primarily a statisticalstatement reflecting the workload per authorized judgeship, theminor offense cases have been excluded from the 1976-79 data byDistrict 1969 1970 i971 1972 1973 1974FIRST CIRCUITMaine 57 93 143 126 91 89Massachusetts 53 69 90 108 62 63New I-bnpshire 57 90 80 74 65 48Rhode Island 41 39 41 59 57 63Puerto Rico 128 80 59 136 87 62SEC(N) CIRCUITConnecticut 66 66 72 85 90 91New York:N:>rth 72 74 79 154 122 84East 58 72 144 158 126 99South 42 34 50 55 46 42West 84 67 65 81 196 109Vermont 16 29 32 51 49 69THIRD CIRCUITDelaware 23 24 26 43 37 32New Jersey 70 54 78 79 75 57Pfmnsylvanla:East 33 35 42 38 37 37Middle 50 41 39 4H 58 68West 39 32 29 33 31 38Virgin Islands 227 134 III 163 120 133FCXRTH CIRCUITMaryland 109 71 71 90 91 101N:>rth Carolina:East 149 118 100 117 107 121Middle 138 131 155 175 192 174West 155 149 152 178 120 141South Carolina 65 62 66 97 78 92Virginia:East 129 131 161 163 151 159West 77 86 120 120 110 127West Virginia:N:>rth 1U9 112 89 76 73 57South 122 77 85 70 70 74the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Theexclusion of these cases from the workload statistics hm beendone In an effort to make- the 1976-79 data mare ~able toprevious years' data that did not Include most minor offensecases. In 1979, the Federlll Magistrates Act (Public Law 96-82)expanded the authority of magistrates to dispose of allmisdemeanors. To reflect the workload per authorized judgeship,the 1980-82 data exclude aU cases below the felony level.Data for 1979 are provided In two columns In order toreflect the efforts of individual judges before and after theenactment of the Qmlbus Judgeship Act (Public Law 95-486),which became effective Oct. 20, 1978. Because the Increase Inauthorized judgeships became effective midway through the yearand most of the nrlwly authorized positions were not filled byJune 30, 1979, COITVlutations based only on the newly authorizedjudgeships do not give an accurate Indication of the efforts ofindividuai Judges.The sharp decline in criminal cases flied in the Canol Zoneafter 1979 resulted from the passage of the Panana Canal Act of1979 (Public Law 96-70), signed Sept. 27, 1979. This informationwas provided to 5O.RCEBOO< staff by the Administrative Officeof the United States Courts, Statistical Analysis and ReportsDivision.1975 1976 19771031005677928564994995536470414938192124104206158116180162469680784149717665954776404753394633245991251641338114111046101746230466852678343624145662954301998213415410169102967084807040356241616535502819482529321948511513310155837949627358492187375761356221184818332515764104III105515770385336342521372938553562211839182025564969747032433538293132122231252740294620173615201916639595260344030362828371937424033523045341434173216124l&S393858384829332419822332156032362945285424II32193519159so5652573951282824i Iii.~n~II11II~UJ!, j1 ,DistrictFIFTH CIRCUITAlabama:N:>rthMiddleSouthFlorida:N:>rthMiddleSouthGeorgia:N:>rthMiddleSouthLOUisiana:EastMiddleWestMississippi:N:>rthSouthTexas:N:>rthEastSouthWestCanal ZoneSIXTH CIRCUITKentucky:EastWestMichigan:EastWestOhio:N:>rthSouthTennessee:EastMiddleWestSEVENTH CIRCUITIllinois:N:>rthEast aSouth aCentral aIndiana:N:>rthSouthWisconsin:EastWestEIG-fTH CIRCUITArkansas:EastWestIowa:N:>rthSouthMinnesotaMiss?!Jr!:EastWestNebraskaN:>rth DakotaSouth Dakota1969 1970136 88126 125113 48102 125109 9691 77167 102107 157233 18860 56X XIII 16778 6643 56III 10396 55273 291448 417103 128200 14599 7879 8855 8167 10496 8195 122123 135119 10369 484!1 9381 94X X59 8482 10152 6670 14199 14570 5852 3756 6757 8397 7578 8992 7557 3767 81See footnote at end of table.19719511648127113III10315813859X966952994637438418715966102791136990126867310090X83120591411074054ll61061031096742961972 1973107 96ISS 16167 70124 132112 III134 130126 12314IJ 127179 15263 69102 9765 6643 6247 56119 10969 55'*11 202674 287296 295187 212108 117144 166176 162125 11394 7289 98149 144102 9173 7488 13189 89X X95 120110 9073 99140 94137 13844 4568 4476 85187 10277 97142 13970 7458 3970 1281974 1975 1976109 128 145121 147 11762 78 80124 105 102112 106 87120 120 119121 106 84125 106 86143 285 34066 83 4796 86 7771 104 12350 73 4032 40 35112 113 10063 58 57140 135 159250 220 153384 409 322184 178 93116 116 117162 172 140105 141 1319~ 100 9457 77 7592 70 55163 157 13274 65 5765 62 6881 104 74104 74 46X X X124 150 10786 74 6266 90 53112 90 98133 171 12842 59 4259 80 5395 107 101% 97 6178 96 67177 307 7370 72 4678 50 59159 211 200197714488837081115851161097710453575110664141161275901221181207967718461596847X8054709012534906174825848701731919Before the After theQmibus OnnlbvsJudge- Judgeshipship1978 Act Act 1980 19811979Before the After theOnnibus OnnibusJudge- Judgeshipship1978 Act Act 1980132 83133 5154 4571 5790 5882 8066 4667 '.$775 6241 3085 3346 3436 3638 16100 7446 49166 157190 133240 21781 69154 7678 5496 7161 3763 4948 38121 8772 7242 4796 X52 54X 6161 4351 3453 6159 79123 10244 3741 2788 10965 5557 4567 5644 4052 5199 7.847 3834 4645 3338 2938 3747 5125 2737 4041 3121 2117 1727 2436 1916 1749 4337 3196 86110 85217 4431 2676 5541 2935 1830 2641 3337 5257 5572 8137 22XX54 4741 3732 2927 2246 2939 3651 4237 3227 3365 2937 3236 3337 3140 3751 3652 5919813938363234622940222013252633433910585624542929273932508126X614725333638352936424132292749691982XXXXXXXXX19162434306539113978286131372639596810234X495733304034433043433845372950667475