Capital Punishment in the United States Series
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
were commuted or vacated during the years indicated. Information is
supplied for basic sociodemographic characteristics such as age, sex,
race, ethnicity, marital status at time of imprisonment, level of
education, and state of incarceration. Criminal history data include
prior felony convictions for criminal homicide and legal status at the
time of the capital offense. Additional information is available for
inmates removed from death row by yearend of the last year indicated and
for inmates who were executed. The universe is all inmates on death row
since 1972 in the United States. The inmate identification numbers were
assigned by the Bureau of the Census and have no purpose outside these
data collections.Years Produced: Annually (latest release
contains all years)NACJD has produced a resource guide on the Capital Punishment in the United States Series.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | restricted public |
| bureauCode |
[ "011:21" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Ask BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics (USDOJ)", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:askbjs@usdoj.gov" } |
| dataQuality |
false
|
| description | 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 were commuted or vacated during the years indicated. Information is supplied for basic sociodemographic characteristics such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, marital status at time of imprisonment, level of education, and state of incarceration. Criminal history data include prior felony convictions for criminal homicide and legal status at the time of the capital offense. Additional information is available for inmates removed from death row by yearend of the last year indicated and for inmates who were executed. The universe is all inmates on death row since 1972 in the United States. The inmate identification numbers were assigned by the Bureau of the Census and have no purpose outside these data collections.Years Produced: Annually (latest release contains all years)NACJD has produced a resource guide on the Capital Punishment in the United States Series. |
| distribution |
[ { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Capital Punishment in the United States Series", "accessURL": "https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/series/10" } ] |
| identifier |
"2587"
|
| issued | 1989-09-26T00:00:00 |
| keyword |
[ "capital punishment", "commuted sentences", "criminal histories", "death row inmates", "demographic characteristics", "executions", "felony offenses", "prison inmates", "sentencing", "states (USA)" ] |
| language |
[ "eng" ] |
| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 2022-05-31T15:13:27 |
| programCode |
[ "011:061" ] |
| publisher |
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| title | Capital Punishment in the United States Series |
