Replication Data for 'Monetizing Prosecutorial Discretion' supports analysis of prosecutorial decision-making. The dataset was created by Michael Heise for the Journal of Law and Courts Dataverse and was last updated in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyzing correlations between case characteristics and prosecutorial charging decisions.
- Modeling the influence of financial or resource factors on plea bargain outcomes.
- Replicating statistical analyses from the associated 'Monetizing Prosecutorial Discretion' article.
Strengths
- Data is directly tied to a peer-reviewed journal article, ensuring academic relevance.
- Maintained by the Journal of Law and Courts Dataverse, a recognized repository for legal research.
Limitations
- The specific number of rows, columns, and variables is unknown.
- The temporal and geographic scope of the underlying data is unspecified.
Provenance
- Source
- Journal of Law and Courts Dataverse
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