NCJ Number
41596
Date Published
1976
Length
198 pages
Annotation
THIS REPORT INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE INMATE AND OFFENDER POPULATION STATISTICS UNDER VARIOUS CATEGORIES ON CHARTS AND TABLES.
Abstract
POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS ACCORDING TO RACE AND SEX INCLUDE AGES, LOCATION OF COMMITTING COURTS, TYPE OF OFFENSE, MILITARY SERVICE, PAROLE OR PARDON STATUS. RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE, TESTED EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, INTELLIGENCE, STATUS OF PARENTS, JUVENILE RECORD, AND BY DRUG AND ALCOHOL HABITS. STATISTICAL INFORMATION CATEGORIZING BY OFFENSE ACCORDING TO TERM OF SENTENCE IS GIVEN. LARGE SECTIONS ARE DEVOTED TO RECIDIVIST CHARACTER, AN INTELLECTUAL CHARACTER WHICH TEENAGERS AS WELL AS ADULT OFFENDERS ARE INHERENTLY CAPABLE OF ACQUIRING.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT)....BDS