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Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994
RECIDIVISM OF PRISONERS RELEASED IN 1994
is a database containing information on each of 38,624 sampled
prisoners released from prisons in 15 states in 1994 and tracked for
three years following their release. The majority of the database
consists of information on each released prisoner's entire officially
recorded criminal history (before and after the 1994 release). Sources
for criminal history information are state and FBI automated RAP
("Records of Arrests and Prosecutions") sheets, which contain records
of arrests, adjudications, and sentences. The study is the second
major recidivism study conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
The first study, RECIDIVISM AMONG RELEASED PRISONERS, 1983: [UNITED
STATES] (ICPSR 8875), tracked over 16,000 prisoners released in 11
states in 1983 for three years. These two studies are the
closest approximation to "national" recidivism studies in the United
States. They are distinguished by their large sample size (over 16,000
released prisoners in the first study, 38,624 in the second),
geographic breadth of coverage (11 states in the first study, 15 in
the second), length of prospective tracking (three years from date of
release in both studies), ability to track the movement of released
prisoners across state boundaries (both studies), and multiple
measures of recidivism (both studies). Demographic data include race,
ethnicity, sex, and date of birth.
Complete Metadata
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| description | RECIDIVISM OF PRISONERS RELEASED IN 1994 is a database containing information on each of 38,624 sampled prisoners released from prisons in 15 states in 1994 and tracked for three years following their release. The majority of the database consists of information on each released prisoner's entire officially recorded criminal history (before and after the 1994 release). Sources for criminal history information are state and FBI automated RAP ("Records of Arrests and Prosecutions") sheets, which contain records of arrests, adjudications, and sentences. The study is the second major recidivism study conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The first study, RECIDIVISM AMONG RELEASED PRISONERS, 1983: [UNITED STATES] (ICPSR 8875), tracked over 16,000 prisoners released in 11 states in 1983 for three years. These two studies are the closest approximation to "national" recidivism studies in the United States. They are distinguished by their large sample size (over 16,000 released prisoners in the first study, 38,624 in the second), geographic breadth of coverage (11 states in the first study, 15 in the second), length of prospective tracking (three years from date of release in both studies), ability to track the movement of released prisoners across state boundaries (both studies), and multiple measures of recidivism (both studies). Demographic data include race, ethnicity, sex, and date of birth. |
| distribution |
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"title": "Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994",
"accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03355.v8"
}
]
|
| identifier |
"1118"
|
| issued | 2002-09-25T00:00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"arrest records",
"conviction records",
"criminal histories",
"offenses",
"recidivism"
]
|
| language |
[
"eng"
]
|
| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 2014-12-05T14:51:37 |
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|
| rights | These data are restricted due to the increased risk of violation of confidentiality of respondent and subject data. |
| title | Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994 |
