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• Crime and Incarceration, the Midyear/Preliminary Reports

  It's that time, when preliminary/midyear data are released by the FBI and the Bureau of Justice Statistics regarding crime rates and incarceration for 2007. In its preliminary crime rate report , the FBI finds: " Preliminary figures indicate... Posted Jun 10 2008, 08:32 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Incarceration rates, Statistics, Crime rates

• Prisoners in 2006

  The official statistics from DOJ's Bureau of Justice Statistics are out for 2006 , with some interesting findings. "During 2006, the prison population grew at a faster rate than in the previous 5 years...However, the 2006 growth rate was less... Posted Dec 05 2007, 03:01 PM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Statistics

• Incarceration Rates by Race and Ethnicity

  In another new release today, the Sentencing Project uses data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics to chart state-by-state rates of prison and jail incarceration by race and ethnicity, drawing conclusions regarding diverse racial disparities. Posted Jul 18 2007, 02:19 PM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Statistics, Racial disparities

• The "Most Punitive States for Women"

  Drawing data from a variety of sources, primarily Federally produced, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency has created a composite review of The Nation's Most Punitive States for Women . The factsheet provides state-by-state figures for women... Posted Jun 27 2007, 10:03 AM by Eileen Conway with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: women offenders, Statistics