RT Research Data
T1 Survey of California Prison Inmates, 1976
A1 Peterson, Mark A.
A2 Chaiken, Jan Michael
A2 Polich, Suzanne
LA English
PP Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar
PB [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
YR 1984
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1840063661
AB This survey of inmates in five California prisons was conducted by the RAND Corporation with a grant from the National Institute of Justice. Researchers distributed an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to groups of 10-20 inmates at a time. Using the self-report technique, the survey obtained detailed information about the crimes committed by these prisoners prior to their incarceration. Variables were calculated to examine the characteristics of repeatedly arrested or convicted offenders (recidivists) as well as offenders reporting the greatest number of serious crimes (habitual criminals). The variables include crimes committed leading to incarceration, rates of criminal activity, and social-psychological scales for analyzing motivations to commit crimes, as well as self-reports of age, race, education, marital status, employment, income, and drug use.
K1 convictions (law)
K1 correctional facilities
K1 Crime
K1 CRIMINAL justice system
K1 prison inmates
K1 Recidivism
K1 recidivists
K1 Victimization
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.3886/ICPSR07797.v2