Women in Prison, 1800-1935: Tennessee, New York, and Ohio (ICPSR 8481)

Version Date: Oct 16, 2000

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Principal Investigator(s):
Nicole Hahn Rafter

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08481.v2

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Summary

This data collection focused on problems in the women's correctional system over a 135-year period. More specifically, it examined the origins and development of prisoner and sentencing characteristics in three states. Demographic data on female inmates cover age, race, parents' place of birth, prisoner's occupation, religion, and marital status. Other variables include correctional facilities, offenses, minimum and maximum sentences, prior commitments, method of release from prison, and presence of crime partners.

Citation

Rafter, Nicole Hahn. Women in Prison, 1800-1935:  Tennessee, New York, and Ohio  . [distributor], 2000-10-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08481.v2

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (79-NI-AX-0039)

Subject Terms

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Time Period(s)

1800 -- 1935

Date of Collection

1979 -- 1980

Data Collection Notes

  1. The codebook and data collection instrument for this collection are 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.

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Sample

In Tennessee, New York, and Ohio, cases were identified from official prison records that included a time span of ten years before and after the opening of separate women's state prisons.

Universe

All women housed in state prisons in the United States from 1800 to 1935.

Data Source

official prison records

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1986-08-18

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:

  • Rafter, Nicole Hahn. WOMEN IN PRISON, 1800-1935: TENNESSEE, NEW YORK, AND OHIO. 2nd ICPSR version. Boston, MA: Northeastern University, College of Criminal Justice [producer], 1980. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08481.v2

2000-10-16 SAS and SPSS data definition statements have been added to this collection, and the codebook and data collection instrument are now available as a PDF file. ICPSR also checked the data for undocumented codes.

1986-08-18 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:

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

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  • 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.