Author: Allen J. Beck
Publisher:
Published: 2000-03-01
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780756721770
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report finds that an estimated 5.7 million adult residents of the U.S. were under some form of correctional supervision in 1997. Seven in 10 were supervised in the community, through probation or parole. About 2.8% of all adult residents of the U.S. were under correctional supervision in 1997, up from 1.7% in 1985. About 9.0% of black adults, 2.0% of white adults, and 1.3% of adults of other races were under correctional supervision in 1997. This report provides statistics for: jails; probation; prisons; parole and post-release supervision; capital punishment; military confinement; and 1997 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities. Includes numerous tables and graphs.
Author: Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2014-12-31
Total Pages: 800
ISBN-13: 9780309298018
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States has increased fivefold during the last four decades. The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is by far the largest in the world. Just under one-quarter of the world's prisoners are held in American prisons. The U.S. rate of incarceration, with nearly 1 out of every 100 adults in prison or jail, is 5 to 10 times higher than the rates in Western Europe and other democracies. The U.S. prison population is largely drawn from the most disadvantaged part of the nation's population: mostly men under age 40, disproportionately minority, and poorly educated. Prisoners often carry additional deficits of drug and alcohol addictions, mental and physical illnesses, and lack of work preparation or experience. The growth of incarceration in the United States during four decades has prompted numerous critiques and a growing body of scientific knowledge about what prompted the rise and what its consequences have been for the people imprisoned, their families and communities, and for U.S. society. The Growth of Incarceration in the United States examines research and analysis of the dramatic rise of incarceration rates and its affects. This study makes the case that the United States has gone far past the point where the numbers of people in prison can be justified by social benefits and has reached a level where these high rates of incarceration themselves constitute a source of injustice and social harm. The Growth of Incarceration in the United States examines policy changes that created an increasingly punitive political climate and offers specific policy advice in sentencing policy, prison policy, and social policy. The report also identifies important research questions that must be answered to provide a firmer basis for policy. This report is a call for change in the way society views criminals, punishment, and prison. This landmark study assesses the evidence and its implications for public policy to inform an extensive and thoughtful public debate about and reconsideration of policies.
Author:
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume replaces four separate publications that presented the data before 1985 and emphasizes the connections between the segments of the growing number of persons under correctional supervision.
Author: United States. Bureau of Prisons
Publisher:
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1998-06
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780788170188
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents statistical reports on: trends in U.S. correctional populations, jail inmates in 1995, probation in 1995, State & Federal correctional facilities in 1995, prisoners in 1995, parole in 1995, capital punishment in 1995, & U.S. military corrections in 1995. Includes a history of U.S. corrections statistics, definitions of common terms used in the tables, data sources, & index. Consists primarily of tables & graphs with explanatory notes.