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| Selected statistics Summary findingsProbationers include adult offenders whom courts place on community supervision instead of incarceration. Parolees include those adults conditionally released to community supervision whether by parole board decision or by mandatory conditional release after serving a prison term. They are subject to being returned to jail or prison for rule violations or other offenses.
BJS PublicationsThis list is in order of the most recent publication first. Additional titles are listed on other topical pages and a comprehensive list is contained on the BJS publications page. To see a full abstract of a publication with links to electronic versions of the publication, click on the title below. Probation and Parole in the United States, 2003, 7/04. Reports the number of persons on probation and parole, by State, at yearend 2003 and compares the totals with yearend 1995 and 2000. NCJ 205336
Education and Correctional Populations, 01/03. Compares educational attainment of State and Federal prison inmates, jail inmates, and probationers to that of the general population. NCJ 195670
Correctional Populations in the
United States, 1997, 11/00. Presents data on the growing number
of persons in the United States under some form of correctional supervision
for 1997 and reports on the Survey of State and Federal inmates, 1997. After 1997, data are only available in electronic formats. See Correctional Populations in the United States - Statistical tables 9/02.
Trends in State Parole, 1990-2000, 10/01. Examines the changing nature of offenders entering and leaving parole and the effects on the trends and composition of the prison population. NCJ 184735 Offenders Returning to Federal Prison, 1986-97, 9/00. Describes offenders returning to Federal prison within 3 years of release and their time served upon return. NCJ 182991 Mental Health and Treatment of Inmates and Probationers, 7/99 Presents survey data on offenders who were in prison or jail or on probation and who reported prior treatment for a mental or emotional problem. NCJ 174463 DWI Offenders under Correctional Supervision, 6/99 Provides data on offenders in jail, in prison, or on probation for driving while intoxicated. NCJ 172212 Prior Abuse Reported by Inmates and Probationers, 4/99. Describes prior physical and sexual abuse reported by persons in prison, in jail, or on probation. NCJ 172879 American Indians and Crime , 2/99. Reports the rates and characteristics of violent crimes experienced by American Indians and to summarize data on American Indians in the criminal justice system. NCJ 173386 Substance Abuse and Treatment of Adults on Probation, 1995, 3/98. Presents data from the 1995 Survey of Adults on Probation concerning probationers' use of alcohol and illegal drugs and substance abuse treatment they received. NCJ 166611 Characteristics of Adults on Probation, 1995, 12/97. Provides data from a nationally representative sample of official records of nearly 6,000 adults under probation supervision in 166 State and local probation offices nationwide. NCJ 164267 Probation and Parole Violators in State Prison, 8/95. Focuses on prisoners whose probation or parole was revoked, using data from the 1991 Survey of State Prison inmates, and provides details on offenses, types of violations, time served on probation/parole, time expected to serve, guns, alcohol and drug use, and personal characteristics. NCJ 149076 National Corrections Reporting Program, 1992 , 10/94. Describes the demographic characteristics, offenses, sentence lengths, and time served by persons admitted to and released from the Nation's prison and parole systems in 1992. NCJ 145862
Performance Measures for the Criminal Justice System, 10/93 . This compendium of Discussion Papers represents the work of the BJS-Princeton University Study Group on Criminal Justice Performance Measures. NCJ 143505
Selected statisticsCorrectional Populations in the
United States - Statistical tables
1998 data are currently available, 9/02
Also by BJS staffHughes, Timothy, James-Wilson, Doris, and Beck, Allen J. "Trends in State Parole, The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same" Perspectives (Journal of the American Probation and Parole Association), 26, No. 3 (Summer 2002): 28-33. Beck, Allen J. "State and Federal prisoners returning to the community: Findings from the Bureau of Justice Statistics," (PDF file, 30K) Presented at the First Reentry Courts Initiative Cluster Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 13, 2000 Related sites From
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