Federal Drug Case Processing, 1982-91 with Preliminary Data for 1992. A FederalJustice Statistics Report

摘要

This report presents information on the processing of cases in the Federalcriminal justice system for the calendar years 1985-1992. The data describe initial prosecution decisions, referrals to magistrates, court dispositions, sentencing outcomes, lengths of incarceration sentences imposed, and length of time served in prison. The tables present the numbers of defendants and the percentages of suspects, defendants, or offenders at each stage of processing. The offense categories shown in the tables are defined in the glossary.