Felony Sentences in State Courts, 1994

• NCJ Number: 163391
• Author(s): P A Langan; J M Brown
• Date Published: January 1997
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services; Justice Statistics Clearinghouse/NCJRS
• Publication Series: BJS Bulletins
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report presents data on felony sentences in State courts for 1994.

Abstract

Presents data from a nationally representative survey of 300 counties on national conviction and sentencing statistics, reporting that in 1994 about 872,000 men and women were convicted of a felony in State courts, down from about 890,000 in 1992. Sentences for the 872,000 were: 45% prison, 26% jail, 29% probation. This BJS Bulletin reports on 11 offense categories in 17 tables and includes demographic information (sex, race, age) on adults convicted of a felony in 1994.