NCJ Number
91491
Date Published
1982
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This report documents the total number of convictions and their dispositions from the Massachusetts Superior Courts from the years 1972 to 1981.
Abstract
The data are categorized according to 24 different offenses which were selected based on seriousness and frequency. One noteworthy pattern emerges from this data. The 1981 incarceration rates for all crimes has either remained the same or is higher than the 10-year average indicating that Superior Court judges were sentencing convicted offenders to prison at a relatively higher rate during 1981. Seven tables comprise most of the report.