Annual Survey of Jails: Jurisdiction-Level Data, 1989 (ICPSR 9373)

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Summary: This data collection provides annual data on jail populations across the nation and examines the "spillover" effect on local jails resulting from the dramatic growth in federal and state prison populations. These data permit an assessment of the demands placed on correctional resources and provide a complete picture of the adult correctional system and the changes that occur in that system. Information is available on the number of inmates by sex, race, adult or juvenile status, ... (more info)

Series: Annual Survey of Jails Data Series

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U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. ANNUAL SURVEY OF JAILS: JURISDICTION-LEVEL DATA, 1989. Conducted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 2nd ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2001. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09373.v2

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09373.v2

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This survey was funded by:

• United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Summary:   This data collection provides annual data on jail populations across the nation and examines the "spillover" effect on local jails resulting from the dramatic growth in federal and state prison populations. These data permit an assessment of the demands placed on correctional resources and provide a complete picture of the adult correctional system and the changes that occur in that system. Information is available on the number of inmates by sex, race, adult or juvenile status, reason being held, and cause of death.

Subject Terms:   correctional facilities, correctional system, demographic characteristics, jail inmates, jails, overcrowding effects, population characteristics, probation

Geographic Coverage:   United States

Time Period:  

• 1989

Date of Collection:  

• 1989

Universe:   All local jails in the United States that were listed in the NATIONAL JUSTICE AGENCY LIST, 1987 (ICPSR 9482).

Data Types:   survey data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) The Census Bureau used a nine-digit Government Identification number to identify each jail uniquely. This variable has been broken up into four different variables. Users of the data will have to combine these four variables to identify a particular jail. (2) The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.

Sample:   A stratified simple random sample of jurisdictions stratified by the average daily population (ADP) as reported by the 1988 Census of Local Jails with allocation to the strata based on 1983 ADP.

Data Source:

self-enumerated forms

Extent of Processing:  ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

• Performed consistency checks.
• Standardized missing values.
• Created online analysis version with question text.
• Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
• Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Original ICPSR Release:  1990-10-16

Version History:

• 2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions.
• 2001-11-02 At the request of the principal investigator, the title for this collection was changed from National Survey of Jails: Jurisdiction-Level Data, 1989, to Annual Survey of Jails: Jurisdiction-Level Data, 1989, to more accurately reflect the scope of the survey. Corresponding documentation files have been edited to reflect the change in title.
• 1998-02-19 The logical record length data were reformatted and several variables were recoded. In addition, the codebook was revised to reflect changes to the data file, minor errors in the codebook were corrected, and the codebook and data collection instrument were converted to a PDF file.

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