Survey of inmates of state correctional facilities, 1986
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Series: ICPSR -- 8711; ICPSR (Series) -- 8711
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
Description: The purpose of this data collection was to obtain information on the characteristics of persons confined to state prisons, their current and past offenses, and the circumstances or conditions of their confinement. This information, which is not available on a national basis from any other source, is intended to assist the criminal justice community and other researchers in analysis and evaluation of correctional issues. The collection focuses on topics and issues of current concern in research and policy within the field of corrections. Chief among these are the characteristics of the inmate population and the criminal histories and backgrounds of inmates. Also included is extensive information on inmates' drug and alcohol use, program participation, and the victims of the inmates' most recent offenses.
Notes: Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class II.

Chronological coverage: 1986.

Personal interviews.

Survey data.

United States.

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

OSIRIS and Card image data format, with SPSS control cards for each. A companion data collection, Census of state adult correcitonal facilities, 1984 (ICPSR 8444), collected detailed information on each of the 903 prisons and community corrections facilities in operation in 1984 and provided the basis for sampling procedures used in this 1986 survey. A similar census and survey were conducted in 1979 (ICPSR 7852 and 7856) and previously in 1974 (ICPSR 7811).

Machine-readable documentation.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 11,397 ; variable count: 1,136 ; LRECL: 1,642 ; records per case: 31.

The sample design employed was a stratified two-stage selection with the probabilities proportional to the size of the correctional facility. The sample was selected independently from two frames, one for males only and a second that allowed an oversample of females. Within each frame, facilities were stratified by type (prison versus community corrections facility) and by census region. In the second stage, interviewers visited each selected facility and drew a sample of inmates using predetermined sampling procedures. In 1986, 275 facilities were selected, yielding a sample of about 15,000. A total of 13,711 inmates was successfully interviewed.

Universe: All adult inmates housed in correctional facilities operated by a state government in the United States.

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Profile of State Prison Inmates, 1986." BJS Special Report, NCJ-109926, January 1988.

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. "1984 Census of State Adult Correctional Facilities." BJS Report, NCJ-105585, August 1987.

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Prisoners in 1984." BJS Bulletin, NCJ-97118, April 1985.