NCJ Number
20488
Journal
REVISTA DE ESTUDIOS PENITENCIARIOS Volume: 30 Issue: 204-207 Dated: (JANUARY-DECEMBER 1974) Pages: 200-213
Date Published
1974
Length
14 pages
Annotation
A GENERAL ANALYSIS OF TRENDS IN INMATE POPULATION STATISTICS IN SPAIN BETWEEN 1963 AND 1972 AS REFLECTIVE OF THE PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE OF VARIOUS FORMS OF CRIME.
Abstract
LARGE INCREASES OCCURRED IN MALE AND FEMALE ADULT AND JUVENILE POPULATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN THE YEARS 1965 AND 1970. ALSO NOTED WAS A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN INMATES CONVICTED OF DRUG USE, POSSESSION, AND TRAFFICKING OFFENSES AND INCREASES IN THE FOREIGN POPULATION SERVING SENTENCES IN SPANISH INSTITUTIONS. GRAPHIC DATA IS INCLUDED. --IN SPANISH