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National Jail Census, 1970 / United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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- Datafile
- Series:
- ICPSR (Series) ; 7641.
- National Jail Census Series (Series) ; 7641.
- ICPSR ; 7641
- National Jail Census Series ; 7641
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jails--United States--Statistics.
- Jails.
- Prisoners--United States--Statistics.
- Prisoners.
- Statistics.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Statistics.
- Academic theses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- ICPSR Version, 2005-11-04.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1984.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- data file
- Summary:
- This census provides information on county and municipal jails facilities in the United States and their administration. For all jails, the data include number of prisoners and their reason for being held, age and sex of prisoners, maximum sentence that could be served in the facility, facility capacity and age, types of security available, and operating expenditures. For jails in counties and municipalities with populations of 25,000 or more, data are supplied on quarterly jail population, age of cells, and availability of service facilities and programs for inmates.
- Contents:
- Part 1: Data File; Part 2: SAS Data Definition Statements
- Notes:
- Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.
- Start: 1969; and end: 1970.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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