Skip to navigation Skip to main content

An Official Web Site of the United States Government

Text:

Annual Survey of Jails: Individual Reporting-Level Data, 2007

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Justice
Sub-Agency	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Category	Law Enforcement, Courts, and Prisons
Date Released	22-Jan-2010
Date Updated
Time Period	2006-07-01--2007-06-30
Frequency	annual
Description	This collection provides annual data on jail populations across the nation. These data are used to track growth in the number of jails and their capacities nationally, changes in the demographics of the jail population (including sex, race, and adult or juvenile status), supervision status of persons held, prevalence of crowding issues, and a count of non-United States citizens within the jail population. (more)

Dataset Ratings

RATE THIS DATASET
	Current	Your Rating [?]
Overall	(0 votes)
Data Utility	(0 votes)
Usefulness	(0 votes)
Ease of Access	(0 votes)
Comments (optional)

(Privacy Policy)

Dataset Metrics

Number of Downloads

413

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	correctional facilities, correctional system, demographic characteristics, jail inmates, jails, population characteristics, probation
Unique ID	1522

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails: Individual Reporting-Level Data, 2007 [Computer file]. ICPSR24641-v1. ICPSR24641-v1. 2009. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]. doi:10.3886/ICPSR24641
Agency Program Page	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=261
Agency Data Series Page	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/rawdata.cfm#asj

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Jail
Granularity	County
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	paper/web
Data Collection Instrument	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip
Additional Metadata	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip
Sampling	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip
Estimation	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip
Weighting	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip
Disclosure avoidance	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip
Questionnaire design	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip
Series breaks	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip
Non-response adjustment	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip
Seasonal adjustment	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip
Statistical Characteristics	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/asj/2007/cb24641-0001.zip

OMB Control No. 3090-0284