Effects of Determinant Sentencing on Institutional Climate and Prison Administration: Connecticut, Minnesota, Illinois, 1981-1983 (ICPSR 8278)

Version Date: Jan 12, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
Lynne Goodstein; John H. Kramer; John R. Hepburn; Doris L. MacKenzie

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08278.v1

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Summary

This data collection examines the effects of determinant sentencing on prison climate and administration. Three data collection periods are covered in the dataset. Parts 1-3 contain data taken from a total random sample of offenders housed at five prisons over all three data collection periods. Part 4 is an additional sample from the state of Connecticut of inmates serving determinate sentences, collected during the third period of data collection. Parts 5 and 6 comprise indeterminate sample data from all three data collection periods, while Parts 7-9 contain determinate panel sample data from all three collection periods. There were six questionnaires used in collecting these data, covering inmates' feelings about their arrest, court case, and conviction, their feelings about the law, physical problems developed during their prison term, how their time was spent in prison, family contacts outside prison, relationships with other prisoners and guards, involvement in prison programs, and criminal history.

Citation

Goodstein, Lynne, Kramer, John H., Hepburn, John R., and MacKenzie, Doris L. Effects of Determinant Sentencing on Institutional Climate and Prison Administration:  Connecticut, Minnesota, Illinois, 1981-1983. [distributor], 2006-01-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08278.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (80-NI-AX-0006)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

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Time Period(s)

1981 -- 1983
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Data Source

personal interviews

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Original Release Date

1985-03-18

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Goodstein, Lynne, John H. Kramer, John R. Hepburn, and Doris L. MacKenzie. EFFECTS OF DETERMINANT SENTENCING ON INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATE AND PRISON ADMINISTRATION: CONNECTICUT, MINNESOTA, ILLINOIS, 1981-1983. State College, PA: Pennsylvania State University [producer], 1983. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1985. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08278.v1

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 10 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.