Methodology: Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016

• NCJ Number: 252210
• Date Published: July 2019
• Author(s): Lauren Glaze
• Length: 10 pages
• Agencies: BJS
• Publication Type: Survey; Report (Annual/Periodic); Program/Project Description

Annotation

This report describes the methodology used by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) for the 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI), which collected statistics for all male and female prisoners age 18 or older who were held in a state prison or were serving a sentence in a federal prison.

Abstract

Describes the survey methods used to carry out the Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016. Previously known as the Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, this national survey has been conducted periodically since 1974 among state prisoners and since 1991 among federal prisoners. This report discusses the universe of prisons and prisoners, the sample design, the selection of prisons and prisoners, the consent process, the response rates, and the post-survey adjustments and weighting procedures.