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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

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