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Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facility Census, 1975

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

Summary: The 1975 census includes juvenile detention and correctional facilities that were operated by state or local governments in November, 1975, and had been in operation at least a month prior to June 30, 1975. There is one record for each juvenile detention facility that had a population of at least 50 percent juveniles. Each record is classified into one of six categories: detention centers or shelters, reception or diagnostic centers, training schools, ranches, forestry camps and farms, and halfw... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07707.v3

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