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Survey of California Prison Inmates, 1976
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.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[
"011:21"
]
|
| 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 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. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Survey of California Prison Inmates, 1976",
"accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07797.v2"
}
]
|
| identifier |
"3380"
|
| issued | 1984-03-18T00:00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"convictions (law)",
"correctional facilities",
"crime",
"criminal justice system",
"prison inmates",
"recidivism",
"recidivists",
"victimization"
]
|
| 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 | Survey of California Prison Inmates, 1976 |
