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Lifetime Likelihood of Going to State or Federal Prison. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report.


PB2004100205

Publication Date 1997
Personal Author Bonczar, T. P.; Beck, A. J.
Page Count 18
Abstract An estimated 5.1% of all persons in the United States will be confined in a State or Federal prison during their lifetime, if incarceration rates recorded in 1991 remain unchanged in the future. The lifetime chances of a person going to prison are higher for men (9.0%) than for women (1.1%) and higher for blacks (16.2%) and Hispanics (9.4%) than for whites (2.5%). At current levels of incarceration a black male in the United States today has greater than a 1 in 4 chance of going to prison during his lifetime, while a Hispanic male has a 1 in 6 chance and a white male has a 1 in 23 chance of serving time. The lifetime likelihood of incarceration, the focus of this study, represents the percentage of all U.S. residents expected to be incarcerated in a prison at some time in life.
Keywords
  • Inmates
  • Prisons
  • Criminal justice
  • Sentencing
  • Deterrence
  • Incarceration rate
  • Race
  • Age
  • Minority groups
  • Males
  • Populations
  • Federal government
  • State government
  • Characteristics
  • Recidivism
  • United states
  • Statistical data
Source Agency
  • Office of Justice Programs.
Corporate Authors Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Office of Justice Programs.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 200326
Lifetime Likelihood of Going to State or Federal Prison. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report.
Lifetime Likelihood of Going to State or Federal Prison. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report.
PB2004100205

  • Inmates
  • Prisons
  • Criminal justice
  • Sentencing
  • Deterrence
  • Incarceration rate
  • Race
  • Age
  • Minority groups
  • Males
  • Populations
  • Federal government
  • State government
  • Characteristics
  • Recidivism
  • United states
  • Statistical data
  • Office of Justice Programs.
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