For the first time BJS reports jurisdiction-level data on sentence length and time served for violent prison inmates who were admitted or released in 1992, 1993, and 1994. Using guidelines developed in the BJS National Corrections Reporting Program, 49 States and the District of Columbia provided data on new court commitments and first releases of violent offenders, including the number, the average sentence length, the projected minimum time to be served before release for admissions, and the time served in prison and jail for releases. (Violent offenders are those convicted of homicide, kidnaping, forcible rape, sexual assault, robbery, assault, or other crimes involving the threat or imposition of harm upon the victim, including extortion, intimidation, reckless endangerment, hit-and-run driving with injury, or child abuse.) Jurisdictional variations and trends are highlighted.
Violent Offenders in State Prison: Sentences and Time Served
NCJ Number
154632
Date Published
July 1995
Length
12 pages
Publication Series
Annotation
This paper presents the findings from a Bureau of Justice Statistics' survey that obtained information on sentences and time served by violent offenders in State prisons for 1992-94.
Abstract
Date Published: July 1, 1995