NCJ Number
148950
Date Published
July 1995
Annotation
Notes the association between firearms involvement and an increased severity of sentence as well as a more extensive criminal history for federal prisoners.
Abstract
The data brief notes the association between firearms involvement and an increased severity of sentence as well as a more extensive criminal history for Federal prisoners. The number of offenders sentenced to Federal prison grew 175% from 1982 to 1992. In the 12 months before September 30, 1993, firearms were involved in sentences of almost 7,000 offenders, about a sixth of those sentenced under Federal guidelines.
Date Published: July 1, 1995