Statistics - Statistics on Prisons - Research & Technology Guides at University of Michigan Library

General Statistics Sources

Directory of US Federal statistics sources. Entries for Crime, Criminal Justice, and Courts and Sentencing

Indexes and abstracts federal statistical publications since 1974, business and state government publications since 1980, and international agency publications since 1983. Available to University of Michigan faculty, students and staff only.

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Community-based correctional programs

Correctional institutions

Crime and criminals

Juvenile detention and correctional institutions

Parents and prisons

Parole and probation

Pretrial detention and release

Prison work programs

Prisoners

Recidivism

Rehabilitation of criminals

Sentences, criminal procedure

State funding for corrections

State funding for corrections

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Specialized Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Portal for wide variety of statistics on prisons, inmates, sentencing and crime
Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear
Presents data on numbers of prisons, jails and inmates and analyzes patterns of growth from 2000 through 2008. These statistical tables include data on rated capacity of jails and prisons, percent of capacity occupied, and capacity added. Data is broken down by state
Crime & Justice Electronic Data Abstract spreadsheets
Includes data broken down by jurisdication (federal, state, county and city--for large cities)
Statistical Abstract of the United States: Law Enforcement, Courts and Prisons
National-level statistics compiled by the US Census Bureau

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