Author Description

Presents an overview of Federal criminal case processing for the period from Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000. The data is compiled from the Fed. Justice Stat. Program database, which includes data provided by the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforce. Admin., Admin. Office of the U.S. Courts, U.S. Attorneys, Fed. Bureau of Prisons, and U.S. Sentencing Comm. Each chapter of the report describes a major stage in the processing of criminal suspects and defendants, and contains chapter notes that describe the universes of data used in the tables and info. relevant to the interpretation of individual tables. Chapters: arrests for Federal offenses; prosecution; pretrial release; adjudication; sentencing; appeals; and corrections. Glossary. Extensive charts and tables.