State Court Sentencing of Convicted Felons, 2002 Statistical Tables

摘要

Using a stratified cluster sampling design, 300 counties were selected for the 2002 survey. While there were 3,141 counties or county equivalents in the Nation in 2002, 36 reported their NJRP data in combination with another county or county equivalent. This left 3,105 jurisdictions to be divided into 20 strata. Each county was assigned to one stratum by meeting the conditions for that stratum. The largest 75 counties in the United States (as defined by the 2000 resident population) were separated from the 3,105 jurisdictions. Each State was then assigned a cost-factor (1, 3, 5) which reflected the overall cost of collecting their 2000 NJRP data. Counties in States where data collection is not costly were assigned a 1. Counties in States where data collection is moderately costly were assigned a 3. Counties in States where data collection is costly were assigned a 5. Counties in each cost-factor group were then separated into categories based on the size of their 2000 population.