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Collection Capital Punishment in the United States Series 12 recent views
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Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics These data collections provide annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death and on those whose offense sentences... -
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Psychological Classification of Adult Male Inmates in Federal Prison in Indiana, 1986-1988
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This data collection, conducted in a federal penitentiary and prison camp in Terre Haute, Indiana, between September 1986 and July 1988, was undertaken to examine the... -
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Relationship of Mental Disorder to Violent Behavior in the United States, 1983-1984
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This study investigates the relationship between mental disorder and violent behavior. Detailed interviews were conducted with inmates in the North Carolina prison... -
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Multisite Evaluation of Shock Incarceration: [Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas], 1987-1992
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This study analyzes shock incarceration (boot camp) programs in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas. In each state, offenders... -
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Perceptual Deterrence and Desistance from Crime: A Study of Repetitive Serious Property Offenders in Tennessee, 1987-1988
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For this data collection, offenders confined to prison were surveyed to examine the utility of deterrence theory variables as predictors of differential desistance... -
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Validating Prison Security Classification Instruments in Hawaii, 1984-1985
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The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a reliable and accurate method for measuring the effectiveness of offender classification systems to improve the... -
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Effects of Determinant Sentencing on Institutional Climate and Prison Administration: Connecticut, Minnesota, Illinois, 1981-1983
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This data collection examines the effects of determinant sentencing on prison climate and administration. Three data collection periods are covered in the dataset.... -
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Learning Deficiencies Among Adult Inmates, 1982: Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Washington
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The National Institute of Justice sponsored this study of 1,065 prison inmates in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Washington. Respondents were administered an academic... -
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Crime Commission Rates Among Incarcerated Felons in Nebraska, 1986-1990
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These data focus on rates of criminal offending obtained through the use of self-report surveys. Specifically, the study investigates whether two different types of... -
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Work Release in the State of Washington, 1990-1993
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Work release programs allow selected prisoners nearing the end of their terms to work in the community, returning to correctional facilities or community residential... -
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Predicting Recidivism in North Carolina, 1978 and 1980
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This data collection examines the relationship between individual characteristics and recidivism for two cohorts of inmates released from North Carolina prisons in...