The Source for Crime and Justice Data

Description & Citation--Study No. 7637

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

7637

Title:

Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facility Census, 1971

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

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

Bibliographic Citation:

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. JUVENILE DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY CENSUS, 1971. Conducted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. ICPSR07637-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2008-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR07637.v2

Series:

Census of Public and Private Juvenile Detention, Correctional, and Shelter Facilities Series

Scope of Study

Summary:

The purpose of this census was to provide information on juvenile detention centers throughout the United States. The data include information on type of facility, level of government administering the facility, resident population by sex, by age range, by detention status, and by offense, admissions and discharges, average length of stay, staffing and expenditures, age and capacity of facility, and programs and services available.

Subject Terms:

census data, correctional facilities (juveniles), criminal justice system, group homes, inmate populations, juvenile crime, juvenile detention, juvenile inmates, juvenile offenders, juveniles, offenses, restitution centers, status offenses

Geographic Coverage:

United States

Time Period:
  • 1970-07-01--1971-06-30

Date of Collection:
  • 1971

Universe:

All public facilities which house children awaiting court action and children whose cases have been adjudicated.

Data Types:

aggregate data

Methodology

Data Source:

self-enumerated forms

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:

1984-03-18

Version History:

  • 2008-02-06 The data file was updated to include ready-to-go files and the ASCII codebook was converted to PDF format.