MOVEMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN'S DETENTION CENTER ADMISSIONS, 1969

• NCJ Number: 9528
• Author(s): C BARROS; A SLAVIN
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 37 pages
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DATA ON POPULATION MOVEMENT OF WOMEN BROUGHT TO THE DETENTION CENTER AS POLICE CASES AND AS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ADMISSIONS.

Abstract

IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION OF THE CENTER, I.E., THE DAILY INTAKE AND RELEASE, THIS REPORT ALSO COMPILES INMATE CHARACTERISTICS, DATA ON THE LENGTH OF TIME MOST WOMEN STAY, AN ANALYSIS OF AVAILABLE MEANS OF RELEASE, AND THE PERCENTAGE LEAVING WITHOUT A CONVICTION. THIS STUDY TENTATIVELY CONCLUDES THAT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PENALIZES BLACK FEMALE OFFENDERS UNFAIRLY AND THAT WOMEN ARE DETAINED EXCESSIVELY IN TERMS OF THE KINDS OF OFFENSES FOR WHICH THEY ARE ARRESTED AND IN TERMS OF THE FINAL DISPOSITIONS OF THEIR CASES.