NCJ Number
38248
Date Published
1976
Length
100 pages
Annotation
THIS REPORT PROVIDES STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON THE INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS DURING 1975.
Abstract
THE REPORT HAS THREE SECTIONS. SECTION ONE REPRESENTS A COHERENT OVERALL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PENAL POPULATION IN TERMS OF AGE, OFFENSE, SENTENCE, SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS, PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS, PREVIOUS INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE AND TRIAD/GANG MEMBERSHIP. SECTION TWO FOCUSES ON DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS, OUTLINING A SOCIOECONOMIC PORTRAIT OF THE DRUG ABUSERS AS WELL AS THEIR PATTERN OF DRUG USE, PERIOD OF TIME ADDICTED AND CAUSATION FACTORS. IN BOTH SECTIONS ONE AND TWO, CROSS-TABULATION OF FIGURES IS EMPLOYED WHEREVER APPROPRIATE FOR EASE OF COMPARISON AND ELABORATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A NUMBER OF VARIABLES. SECTION THREE PRESENTS COMPARATIVE TABLES FOR 1974 AND 1975, WHICH PROVIDE PERSPECTIVE INTO THE PATTERN OF CRIME AND SENTENCNG PATTERNS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)