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Profile of Inmates in the U.S. and in England and Wales, 1991

NCJ Number
145863
Author(s)
James P. Lynch, Ph.D., American University; Steven K. Smith, Ph.D., Bureau of Justice Statistics; Helen A. Graziadei, Bureau of Justice Statistics; Tanutda Pittayathikhun, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Date Published
October 1994
Annotation

Compares findings from the 1991 prison inmate survey in England and Wales with data from the BJS surveys of inmates in local jails and in State prisons and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons survey of Federal prisoners.

Abstract

This report compares findings from the 1991 prison inmate survey in England and Wales with data from the BJS surveys of inmates in local jails and in State prisons and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons survey of Federal prisoners. The report presents comparative tables on the demographic characteristics of adult offenders, their offenses, and their sentence lengths.

Date Published: October 1, 1994