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Description & Citation--Study No. 4404

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:4404
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04404
 
Title:Capital Punishment in the United States, 1973-2003
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics
 
Series:Capital Punishment in the United States Series
 
Funding Agency:United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics
 
Bibliographic Citation:United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Capital Punishment in the United States, 1973-2003 [Computer file]. ICPSR04404-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-11-04. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04404
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection provides annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death and prisoners whose offense sentences were commuted or vacated during the period 1973-2003. Information is supplied for basic sociodemographic characteristics such as age, sex, education, and state of incarceration. Criminal history data include prior felony convictions for criminal homicide and legal status at the time of the capital offense. Additional information is available for inmates removed from death row by year-end 2003 and for inmates who were executed.
 
Subject Term(s):capital punishment, commuted sentences, criminal histories, death row inmates, demographic characteristics, executions, felony offenses, prison inmates, sentencing, states (USA)
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:1973 - 2003
 
Date(s) of Collection:2003
 
Universe:All inmates on death row since 1972 in the United States.
 
Data Type:event/transaction data
 
Data Collection Notes:The inmate identification numbers were assigned by the Bureau of the Census and have no purpose outside this data collection.
 

Methodology

Data Source:official prison records
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Restrictions:The data are restricted from general dissemination. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a restricted data Use Agreement form and specify the reasons for the request. A copy of the Restricted Data Use Agreement form can be requested by calling 800-999-0960. Researchers can also download this form as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file from the download page associated with this dataset. Completed forms should be returned to: Director, National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research, P.O. Box 1248, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, or by fax: 734-647-8200.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2006-03-17
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2008-11-04.
 
  2008-11-04 - Minor edits were made to the metadata.
 
  2008-10-27 - All parts are being moved to restricted access and will be available only using the restricted access procedures.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Capital Punishment in the United States, 1973-2003
 

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