Survey of California Prison Inmates, 1976 / Mark A. Peterson, Suzanne Polich, Jan Michael Chaiken.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Peterson, Mark A.

Polich, Suzanne.

Chaiken, Jan M.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 7797.

ICPSR ; 7797

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recidivists--California.

Recidivists.

Prisoners.

Criminals.

California.

Criminals--California.

Prisoners--California.

Genre:

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 survey of inmates in five California prisons was conducted by the RAND Corporation with a grant from the National Institute of Justice. Researchers distributed an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to groups of 10-20 inmates at a time. Using the self-report technique, the survey obtained detailed information about the crimes committed by these prisoners prior to their incarceration. Variables were calculated to examine the characteristics of repeatedly arrested or convicted offenders (recidivists) as well as offenders reporting the greatest number of serious crimes (habitual criminals). The variables include crimes committed leading to incarceration, rates of criminal activity, and social-psychological scales for analyzing motivations to commit crimes, as well as self-reports of age, race, education, marital status, employment, income, and drug use.

Contents:

Part 1: Data File; Part 2: SAS Data Definition Statements

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.