Search warrant procedures in seven cities, 1984 [United States]

These data were collected by the National Center of State Courts, funded by the National Institute of Justice (Grant No. 80-IJ-CX-0086). Data were collected in seven unnamed cities. Court cases were identified in one of three ways: 1) observation during real-time interviews, 2) court records of real-time interviews, or 3) court records of historical cases. The variables in this dataset include the rank of the law enforcement officer applying for the warrant, the type of agency applying for the warrant, general object of the search requested, specific area to be searched, type of crime being investigated, central offense named in the warrant, evidence upon which the warrant application is based, and disposition of the warrant application. There is also a file of SPSS control cards.