ICPSR Metadata record for Survey of Inmates of State Correctional Facilities and Census of State Adult Correctional Facilities, 1974 ICPSR ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/). Survey of Inmates of State Correctional Facilities and Census of State Adult Correctional Facilities, 1974 United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 1992-02-16 7811 doi://10.3886/ICPSR07811.v3
The survey and census were part of a series of data collection efforts undertaken to assist policymakers in assessing and remedying deficiencies in the nation's correctional institutions. The survey was designed to provide information on social and economic characteristics of inmates, criminal and correctional background, court experience, and prison routine. The census gathered a wide range of information on all federal correctional facilities operating in 1974. The focus of the survey file is on the inmate, while the focus of the census file is on the facility.
 UniverseScheme07811 Survey of Inmates of State and Federal Correctional Facilities Series For more information on the series, please go to http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/series/00070. Organization07811_1 ICPSR.XVII.E NAHDAP.I RCMD.I RCMD.V NACJD.III correctional facilities correctional facilities (adults) corrections corrections management criminal histories drug abuse inmate classification inmate deaths inmate populations inmate programs inmates jails offenses prison administration prison conditions prison construction prison overcrowding prison violence substance abuse treatment programs United States 1974 1974 survey data The survey sample totaled 10,000 inmates or approximately 1 in every 18 offenders under the jurisdiction of state correctional authorities. The data collection includes 9,040 of these interviews. The census enumerated all 592 state correctional facilities. personal interviews and mail canvass 1974 1974 ICPSR
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