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Description & Citation--Study No. 4428 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 4428 |
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| Persistent URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04428 |
| Title: | Annual Survey of Jails: Jurisdiction-Level Data, 2002 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Series: | Annual Survey of Jails: Jurisdiction-Level Data Series |
| Funding Agency: | United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Bibliographic Citation: | U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. ANNUAL SURVEY OF JAILS: JURISDICTION-LEVEL DATA, 2002 [Computer file]. 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 |
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 Term(s): | correctional facilities, correctional system, demographic characteristics, jail inmates, jails, overcrowding effects, population characteristics, probation |
| Geographic Coverage: | United States |
| Time Period: | July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2002 |
| Date(s) of Collection: | June 28, 2002 |
| Universe: | All jail jurisdictions (i.e., counties, municipalities, boroughs, etc.) identified through the 1999 Census of Jails. |
| Data Type: | 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. |
Access and Availability | |
| Note: | A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. 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 |
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