The Source for Crime and Justice Data

Description & Citation--Study No. 4428

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

04428

Title:

Annual Survey of Jails: Jurisdiction-Level Data, 2002

Principal Investigator(s):

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Funding:

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

Bibliographic Citation:

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. ANNUAL SURVEY OF JAILS: JURISDICTION-LEVEL DATA, 2002. Conducted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. ICPSR04428-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2006-04-05. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04428.v1

Series:

Annual Survey of Jails Data Series

Scope of Study

Summary:

This collection provides annual data on jail populations across the nation and examines the "spillover" on local jails resulting from the dramatic growth in federal and state prison populations. These data are used to track growth in the number of jails and their capacities nationally, changes in the demographics of the jail population (including sex, race, and adult or juvenile status), supervision status of persons held, prevalence of crowding issues, and a count of non-United States citizens within the jail population.

Subject Terms:

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

Geographic Coverage:

United States

Time Period:
  • 2001-07-01--2002-06-30

Date of Collection:
  • 2002-06-28

Universe:

All jail jurisdictions (i.e., counties, municipalities, boroughs, etc.) identified through the 1999 Census of Jails.

Data Types:

survey data

Methodology

Sample:

Based on information from the 1999 Census of Jails, a sample of jail jurisdictions was selected for the 2002 survey. The sample included all public and private jails in 876 selected jail jurisdictions (in which there were a total of 940 reporting units) and 50 regional jails. The sample selection was designed to yield a coefficient of variation of 1 percent of average daily population and one-day inmate population. Large jails and regional jails were in the sample with certainty.

Extent of Processing:

All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive 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, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Access and Availability

Note:

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:

2006-04-05