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Summary findings

• In the nation's 75 largest counties, an estimated 58,100 defendants were charged with a felony offense in 2006.
• More than three-fourths of felony defendants had a prior arrest history, with 69% having multiple prior arrests.
• Fifty-eight percent of felony defendants in the nation's 75 largest counties were released prior to adjudication and about a third of the released defendants committed some form of pretrial misconduct.
• About two-thirds of felony defendants were eventually convicted and more than 95% of these convictions occurred through a guilty plea.
• Seventy percent of defendants convicted were incarcerated in a state prison or local jail.

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• State Court Processing Statistics (SCPS)

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Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2006 Presents data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the nation's 75 most populous counties during May 2006.
	Acrobat file (PDF 1.61M) | ASCII file (43K) | Spreadsheets (Zip format 50K) Part of the Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties Series
Profile of Intimate Partner Violence Cases in Large Urban Counties Examines the characteristics and processing of 3,750 cases of intimate partner violence, filed in the state courts of 16 large urban counties in May 2002.
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Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2004 Presents data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the nation's 75 largest counties during May 2004.
	PDF (86K) | Spreadsheet (5K) | To order paper version Part of the Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties Series
State Court Processing of Domestic Violence Cases Examines the processing of domestic violence (DV) and non-domestic violence (non-DV) cases filed in May 2002 in 15 large urban counties.
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Pretrial Release of Felony Defendants in State Courts Presents findings on the pretrial release phase of the criminal justice process using data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the 75 largest U.S. counties in May during even-numbered years from 1990 to 2004.
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Felony Sentences in State Courts, 2004 Presents statistics for adults who were convicted of a felony and sentenced in state courts. The data were collected in a nationally representative survey of 300 counties in 2004.
	PDF (152K) | ASCII file (28K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 22K) | To order paper version Part of the Felony Sentences in State Courts Series
Violent Felons in Large Urban Counties Presents data collected from a representative sample of felony cases that resulted in a felony conviction for a violent offense in 40 of the Nation's 75 largest counties.
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Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2002 Presents data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the Nation's 75 largest counties during May 2002.
	PDF (1.2M) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 64K) | To order paper version Part of the Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties Series
Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances Compares family and nonfamily violence statistics from victimization through the different stages of the justice system.
	Press Release | Full Report (PDF 1M) | Full Report (ASCII file 34K) | Full Report - Zip format (Spreadsheet 136K) | Reported and unreported family violence (PDF 739K) | Reported and unreported family violence - Zip format (Spreadsheet 15K) | Reported and unreported family violence - Source data (HTML) | Fatal family violence (PDF 718K) | Fatal family violence - Zip format (Spreadsheet 9K) | Fatal family violence - Source data (HTML) | Family violence reported to police (PDF 727K) | Family violence reported to police - Zip format (Spreadsheet 12K) | Family violence reported to police - Source data (HTML) | Family violence recorded by police (PDF 779K) | Family violence recorded by police - Zip format (Spreadsheet 22K) | Family violence recorded by police - Source data (HTML) | State prosecution of family assault (PDF 726K) | State prosecution of family assault - Zip format (Spreadsheet 42K) | State prosecution of family assault - Source data (HTML) | Federal prosecution of domestic violence (PDF 704K) | Federal prosecution of domestic violence - Zip format (Spreadsheet 5K) | Federal prosecution of domestic violence - Source data (HTML) | Family violence offenders in prison (PDF 735K) | Family violence offenders in prison - Zip format (Spreadsheet 14K) | Family violence offenders in prison - Source data (HTML) | Family violence offenders in jail (PDF 734K) | Family violence offenders in jail - Zip format (Spreadsheet 34K) | Family violence offenders in jail - Source data (HTML) | Methodology and Appendix (PDF 691K) | Methodology and Appendix - Zip format (Spreadsheet 8K) | Codebooks and Datasets | To order paper version
State Court Processing Statistics (SCPS) Program,1990-98 (CD-ROM) This CD includes biennial data on the processing of felony defendants in State courts of the Nation's 75 most populous counties.
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Felony Sentences in State Courts, 2006 - Statistical Tables (Standard error tables added) Presents findings from the 2006 National Judicial Reporting Program (NJRP), which compiles detailed information on the sentences that felons receive in state courts nationwide and on characteristics of the felons.
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Family Violence Statistics "Rate of family violence dropped by more than one-half from 1993 to 2002"
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