IMPLICATIONS OF EXPECTED CHANGES IN US POPULATION FOR CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

• NCJ Number: 37928
• Author(s): M KRAMER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PAPER EXAMINING EXPECTED CHANGES IN THE SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF THE US POPULATION AND PROJECTING THE IMPACT OF THESE CHANGES ON THE US PRISON POPULATION.

Abstract

EXPECTED CHANGES IN THE US POPULATION 1970-1985 ARE DISCUSSED AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS ARE ASSESSED. OTHER FACTORS, SUCH AS HIGH MINORITY UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AND INCREASING CRIME RATES, WHICH ALSO AFFECT THE COMPOSITION OF PRISON POPULATIONS ARE ALSO IDENTIFIED.