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Inventory of Data Elements in State and Federal Corrections Information Systems, 1998
This survey summarizes the data elements maintained by
state and federal corrections information systems that track adult,
sentenced offenders, and assesses the severity of obstacles in
reporting statistical information. Two instruments, an Inventory
Questionnaire and an Obstacles Survey, were mailed to Departments of
Correction in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and to the
Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Inventory Questionnaire asked 207
questions about data elements describing offenders, 15 questions about
elements describing facility management, and 20 questions about the
capabilities of the information system to process data
electronically. For some elements, questions were asked to determine
if more detailed information (subvalues) about the element existed.
The Obstacles Survey asked departments to rate the severity of
problems they may encounter when processing requests for statistical
information. The items were grouped into five categories: legislative
and institutional factors, hardware factors, software factors,
staffing factors, and data factors.
Complete Metadata
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|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[
"011:21"
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|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"
}
|
| dataQuality |
false
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| description | This survey summarizes the data elements maintained by state and federal corrections information systems that track adult, sentenced offenders, and assesses the severity of obstacles in reporting statistical information. Two instruments, an Inventory Questionnaire and an Obstacles Survey, were mailed to Departments of Correction in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Inventory Questionnaire asked 207 questions about data elements describing offenders, 15 questions about elements describing facility management, and 20 questions about the capabilities of the information system to process data electronically. For some elements, questions were asked to determine if more detailed information (subvalues) about the element existed. The Obstacles Survey asked departments to rate the severity of problems they may encounter when processing requests for statistical information. The items were grouped into five categories: legislative and institutional factors, hardware factors, software factors, staffing factors, and data factors. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Inventory of Data Elements in State and Federal Corrections Information Systems, 1998",
"accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02575.v1"
}
]
|
| identifier |
"3423"
|
| issued | 1999-03-25T00:00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"adults",
"correctional facilities",
"corrections management",
"information systems",
"information use",
"offenders",
"prison inmates",
"program evaluation"
]
|
| language |
[
"eng"
]
|
| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 2005-11-04T00:00:00 |
| programCode |
[
"011:060"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "National Institute of Justice",
"@type": "org:Organization",
"subOrganizationOf": {
"id": 22,
"name": "Office of Justice Programs",
"acronym": "OJP",
"parentOrganization": {
"id": 10,
"name": "Department of Justice",
"acronym": "DOJ"
},
"parentOrganizationID": 10
}
}
|
| title | Inventory of Data Elements in State and Federal Corrections Information Systems, 1998 |
