Correctional Populations In The U.s., 1996

An estimated 5.5 million adult residents of the U.S. were under some form of correctional supervision in 1996. Seven in every 10 of these people were on probation or parole. About 2.8% of all adult residents of the U.S. were under correctional supervision in 1996, up from 1.6% in 1985. This report includes: definitions of common terms used in tables; data sources; trends in U.S. correctional populations; jail inmates in 1996; probation in 1996; survey of inmates in local jails, 1996; prisoners in 1996; parole in 1996; capital punishment in 1996; & U.S. military corrections in 1996. Numerous charts & tables.Stephan, James J. is the author of 'Correctional Populations In The U.s., 1996', published 1999 under ISBN 9780788183546 and ISBN 0788183540.