CANJUS (CANADIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM) PROJECT PREDICTION OF PENITENTIARY POPULATION, V 2

• NCJ Number: 14929
• Author(s): R G CASSIDY; C FULLER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 41 pages
• Corporate Author: Canada Solicitor General
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

EXPANSION OF THE METHODOLOGY THAT WAS USED IN THE PRECEDING CANJUS DOCUMENT ON ESTIMATING FUTURE PRISON ADMISSIONS.

Abstract

THE FACTORS THAT ARE EXAMINED AS POSSIBLE INFLUENCES UPON PENITENTIARY ADMISSIONS AND POPULATION ARE POLICE APPREHENSION ACTIVITIES, SENTENCING VARIATIONS, RELEASE PATTERNS, AND TIME SERVED. THE METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS OF THESE SENSITIVITY TESTS ARE DISCUSSED FOLLOWED BY THE AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING PENITENTIARY POPULATION PREDICTION. FOR RELATED CANJUS DOCUMENTS, SEE NCJ-014942-50 AND NCJ-014930-32.