National corrections reporting program, 1983
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Series: ICPSR -- 8363; ICPSR (Series) -- 8363
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Subjects: Prisoners; Statistics; Parole; Prison sentences
Description: This study was conducted to provide a consistent and comprehensive description of convicted persons' entrance and departure from correctional custody and correctional supervision. To acomplish this goal, data were gathered from official state prison records on such topics as race, sex, and age of inmates, length of time in jail, length of time in prison, and type of offense committed. The data were collected from the state prison systems of 32 states.
Notes: Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network

event/transaction data

This dataset is available in four parts containing records on prison admissions, prison releases, and parole releases. Part one contains all three of these record types. Parts two through four contain the individual record types.

ICPSR data class: Class II

Chronological coverage: 1983, Data collected: June 1983-June 1984.

official prison records of prisoner population movement

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

OSIRIS and Card Image, with SPSS Control Cards for each

Part number: 1 ; part name: Prison Admissions, Prison Releases, and Parole Releases ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 326,606 ; variable count: 95 ; logical record length: 233 ; records per case: 4

Part number: 2 ; part name: Prison Admissions ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 139,649 ; variable count: 95 ; LRECL: 233 ; records per case: 4

Part number: 3 ; part name: Prison Releases ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 131,531 ; variable count: 95 ; LRECL: 233 ; records per case: 4

Part number: 4 ; part name: Parole Releases ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 56,426 ; variable count: 95 ; LRECL: 233 ; records per case: 4

Universe: All sentenced persons who were admitted to and or released from a state prison system.