NCJ Number
29613
Date Published
1975
Length
89 pages
Annotation
GOALS REGARDING PRETRIAL PROGRAMS, LOCAL JAILS, AND WOMEN IN STATE INSTITUTIONS MODIFIED FROM GOALS PROPOSED BY THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL STANDARDS AND GOALS OF 1973.
Abstract
INCLUDED ARE STATISTICS ON CASE DISPOSITIONS, BY JAIL STATUS AND CHARGE; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DETENTION AND UNFAVORABLE DISPOSITION WHEN NUMBER OF FAVORABLE CHARACTERISTICS IS HELD CONSTANT; STATUS OF 144 WOMEN CONFINED ON A GIVEN DAY IN JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1975 IN 9 PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY JAILS; TYPE OF CHARGES ON WHICH 94 WOMEN WERE CONFINED ON A GIVEN DAY IN 7 COUNTY JAILS IN JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1975; AND LENGTH OF TIME 94 WOMEN HAD BEEN CONFINED IN JAIL ON A GIVEN DAY IN JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1975 IN 7 PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY JAILS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)