Characteristics and Movement of Felons in California Prisons, 1945-1964

• NCJ Number: 97604
• Author(s): S Messinger
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 403 pages
• Grant Number(s): 78-NJ-AX-0093
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This manual presents descriptive information, the study variables, and coding information for the data set describing the charcteristics and movement of the felons housed in California prisons between 1945 and 1964.

Abstract

The data are arranged by year and type of movement, including commitment, return to prison as a parole violator, parole, suspension from or reinstatement on parole, discharge, death, and execution. The record for each inmate contains information on age at admission, race, marital status, education, military history, occupation, number of prior arrests, escape record, date and type of release, and parole violations. The data set contains 16 files, each with a logical record length of 90 characters. A discussion of the data set explains how the records are arranged by year and type of movement, gaps and changes in the data set over time, the coding conventions used, and the characteristics of each major file.