Prison Crowding and Forced Releases in Illinois, 1979-1982 [electronic resource] / James Austin

Format
Data file
Language
English
Εdition
ICPSR Version, 2006-03-30.
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1988.
Description
2 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system

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Restrictions note
Use of these data are restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
Summary note
These data were collected in the Illinois prison system where, in response to a prison overcrowding crisis, approximately two-thirds of the inmates released by the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) were discharged prior to serving their expected sentences. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of an early release program on prisoners, prison populations, offense rates, local criminal justice systems, and the general public. The files contain extensive Federal Bureau of Investigation arrest history information and other personal and social indicators describing inmates released from the state prison system. Data are available for three comparison groups: (1) a sample of prisoners who served their regular sentences prior to the "forced release" program, (2) a group that served regular sentences after implementation of the program, and (3) a group of inmates who were released early under the program (i.e., before serving their full sentences). The "inmate jacket file," which is the comprehensive institutional file maintained for all inmates, contains variables for each inmate on social and personal characteristics, criminal history, risk scales, court decisions for each offense, institutional conduct, prior release and return records, method of release, condition of supervision, and parole violation records. The arrest file includes variables that describe the type and number of charges at arrest, case disposition of each charge, probation length, incarceration length, admission and release dates, and release type.... Cf.: http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08921.xml
Notes
Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.
Type of data
2 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system
Time and place of event
Start: 1979-07; and end: 1982-12.
Funding information
United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice. 80-IJ-CX-K026
System details
Mode of access: Internet.
Methodology note
Universe: Inmates released from Illinois prisons between July 1979 and December 1982.
Contents
Part 1: Inmate Jacket; Part 2: Arrest Rap Sheet
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Also available as downloadable files.
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