Survey of jail inmates, 1972 by United States. Bureau of the Census. Demographic Surveys Division, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for Advanced Computation, United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics, United States. National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service | Lex

Survey of jail inmates, 1972

United States. Bureau of the Census. Demographic Surveys Division, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for Advanced Computation, United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics, United States. National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service

About this book

This study is a follow-up to the National Jail Census, 1970. In addition to gathering more information concerning jails, the survey also collected demographic data, incarceration history, and legal status data from a sample of the inmates of local jails. The study includes basic demographic data, income and employment data, reason for incarceration, bail status, dates of admission and sentencing, length and type of sentence and previous incarceration history.