ISPS ID:
D028
Suggested citation:
Donald P. Green, Daniel Winik (2010), Replication materials for ‘Using Random Judge Assignments to Estimate the Effects of Incarceration and Probation on Recidivism Among Drug Offenders.’ http://hdl.handle.net/10079/d84247d6-5932-40a7-ae03-c06d47ff4b2f. ISPS Data Archive.
Keyword(s):
Research design:
Data type:
Administrative
Data source(s):
Public lockup lists and case file records from D.C. Superior Court
Data source information:
isps(at)yale(dot)edu
Field date:
December 1, 2002
Field Date:
2002 - 2003
Location:
Location details:
DC
Unit of observation:
Individual
Sample size:
1003
Inclusion/exclusion:
Defendants charged with drug-related offenses (and no non-drug-related offenses) between June 1, 2002 and May 9, 2003. We made two additional exclusions from the sample. First, we rejected a small number of cases in which the defendant had another case sentenced concurrently or disposed at the time of sentencing. Second, we excluded a small number of cases involving judges not on the normal calendars.
Randomization procedure:
n/a
Treatment:
Judges; sentencing tendencies
Outcome measures:
Recidivism probability
Archive date:
2011
Owner:
Donald P. Green, Daniel Winik
Owner contact:
isps(at)yale(dot)edu
Terms of use:
ISPS Data Archive: Terms of Use
Discipline:
Area of study:
