Public defenders
Public Defense
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution sets forth the right to counsel in federal criminal prosecutions. Through a series of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, the right to counsel has been extended to all criminal prosecutions—state or federal, felony or misdemeanor—that carry a sentence of imprisonment.
States and localities ensure defendants can access public defense—criminal defense services for those persons who cannot...
An Investigation of Indigent Defense Systems: Public Defenders vs. Private Court Appointed Attorneys
2017-BJ-CX-0001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$44,988
Iowa Statistical Analysis Center's Research on Indigent Defense and the Implementation of the Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol
2017-BJ-CX-K013
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$152,146
Survey of Public Defenders: A Design Study
2016-R2-CX-K032
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$498,678
Iowa's State Justice Statistics Program for FY 2016
2016-BJ-CX-K002
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$181,040
National Justice Agency List, 1986
Date Published
March 1987
Publication Type
Publication
Justice Agencies in the United States - Summary Report 1980
Date Published
January 1980
Publication Type
Publication
Justice Agencies in the United States - Summary Report, 1980
Date Published
May 1980
Publication Type
Publication
Criminal Defense Systems - A National Survey
Date Published
August 1984
Publication Type
Publication
Juveniles in Rhode Island: A Data Analysis and Statistical Study Concerning Key Information of Recent Years
Date Published
March 1992
Publication Type
Publication
National Criminal Defense Systems Study, Final Report
Date Published
September 1986
Publication Type
Publication
National Justice Agency List, 1980 - Public Defender Agencies Subfile
Date Published
September 1983
Publication Type
Publication
2011 National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems
2011-BJ-CX-K065
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2011
$800,000
State Public Defender Programs, 2007
Date Published
September 2010
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
County-based and Local Public Defender Offices, 2007
Date Published
September 2010
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
Federal Justice Statistics, 2009
Date Published
December 2011
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
Public Defender Offices, 2007 - Statistical Tables (Revised)
Date Published
November 2009
Publication Type
Data Table
Agencies
BJS
State-Funded Indigent Defense Services, 1999
Date Published
September 2001
Publication Type
Publication
Indigent Defense
Date Published
February 1996
Publication Type
Publication
Indigent Defense Services in Large Counties, 1999
Date Published
November 2000
Publication Type
Publication
2007 Census of Public Defenders
2007-BJ-CX-K011
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2007
$482,980