TY - DATA T1 - Federal Justice Statistics Program: Criminal Appeals Cases Filed in Courts of Appeals, 2015 AU - United States Department Of Justice. Office Of Justice Programs. Bureau Of Justice Statistics DO - 10.3886/ICPSR37263.V1 UR - https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NACJD/studies/37263/versions/V1 AB - The data contain records of criminal appeals cases filed in United States Courts of Appeals during fiscal year 2015. The data were constructed from the Administrative Office of the United States Courts' (AOUSC) Court of Appeals file. These contain variables on the nature of the criminal appeal, the underlying offense, and the disposition of the appeal. An appeal can be filed by the government or the offender, and the appellant can appeal the sentence, the verdict, or both sentence and verdict. The data file contains variables from the original AOUSC files as well as additional analysis variables. Variables containing identifying information (e.g., name, Social Security number) were either removed, coarsened, or blanked in order to protect the identities of individuals. These data are part of a series designed by the Urban Institute (Washington, DC) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Data and documentation were prepared by the Urban Institute through 2012. Data from 2013 on were prepared by Abt Associates. KW - administration KW - appellate courts KW - court cases KW - criminal law KW - defendants KW - federal courts KW - judicial decisions KW - legal systems PY - 2019 PB - ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research LA - en ER -