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    • Assessment of Defense and Prosecutorial Strategies in Terrorism Trials in the United States, 1980-2004

    Metadata Updated: March 12, 2025

    This study created a flat-file database of information regarding defendants who were referred to United States Attorneys by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) following official terrorism investigations between 1980 and 2004. Its ultimate goal was to provide state and federal prosecutors with empirical information that could assist federal and state prosecutors with more effective strategies for prosecution of terrorism cases. The results of this study enhanced the existing 78 variables in the AMERICAN TERRORISM STUDY, 1980-2002 (ICPSR 4639) database by adding the 162 variables from the Prosecution and Defense Strategies (PADS) database. The variables in the PADS database track information regarding important pleadings, motions, and other key events that occur in federal terrorism trials; the PADS variables measure the strategies used by legal counsel as well as other legal nuances.

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    Restricted: This dataset can only be accessed or used under certain conditions. License: us-pd

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    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025

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    Harvested from DOJ JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025
    Publisher National Institute of Justice
    Maintainer
    Identifier 2904
    Data First Published 2014-11-11T15:39:51
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2014-11-11T15:42:51
    Rights These data are restricted due to the increased risk of violation of confidentiality of respondent and subject data.
    Public Access Level restricted public
    Aicategory Not AI-ready
    Bureau Code 011:21
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://www.justice.gov/data.json
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    Harvest Source Title DOJ JSON
    Internalcontactpoint {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Jennifer Scherer", "hasEmail": "mailto:Jennifer.Scherer@usdoj.gov"}
    Jcamsystem {"acronym": "OJP_EXT", "id": 8, "name": "External system not available in CSAM"}
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Metadatamodified 9/2/2022 6:22:00 PM
    Program Code 011:060
    Publisher Hierarchy Office of Justice Programs > National Institute of Justice
    Sourceidentifier https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26241
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash f1eddea2f9f590d72af000e06443e22b07a063d03a7619c64315e93e26b00f88
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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