Profile of Inmates in the United States and in England and Wales - 1991

• NCJ Number: 145863
• Author(s): J P Lynch; S K Smith; H A Graziadei; T Pittayathikhun
• Date Published: October 1994
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services; Indiana University Purdue University, Research Support Funds
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Data concerning adult correctional facilities are provided.

Abstract

This report compares findings from the 1991 prison inmate survey in England and Wales with data from the BJS surveys of inmates in local jails and in State prisons and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons survey of Federal prisoners. The report presents comparative tables on the demographic characteristics of adult offenders, their offenses, and their sentence lengths.