PRISON USE - A CANADIAN AND INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON

• NCJ Number: 16784
• Author(s): I WALLER; J CHAN
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 25 pages
• Corporate Author: Canada Law Book
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: Canada
• Note: REPRINT FROM CRIMINAL LAW QUARTERLY.

Annotation

COMMENCING WITH A RELATIVELY INVOLVED DISCLAIMER ON THE PERMUTABILITY AND INACCURACY OF MOST PRISON STATISTICS, AND ON THE WIDELY VARYING DEFINITIONS OF PERSON, INMATE, AND POPULATION, PRISON USE STATISTICS ARE COMPARED.

Abstract

THE AUTHORS FOUND CANADA WITH A RATE OF 93.3 PERSONS IN PRISON PER 100,000 PERSONS IN THE POPULATION TO HAVE A RATE SIMILAR TO THAT OF OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND NORTHERN RURAL U.S. STATES, BUT MUCH HIGHER THAN SOUTHERN EUROPEAN OR SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES AND MUCH LOWER THAN FINLAND OR THE MORE POPULOUS U.S. STATES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)