[lbo-talk] Criminal stats question

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Mar 31 13:41:00 PST 2004


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


> > Does anyone know where to find statistics of criminal convictions by
>> convicts income or social class in this country?
>
>Ok found it at
>http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pji96.pdf

Those are jail inmates. Jails are local institutions that hold people awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses. You want prison inmates, who've been convicted of major crimes (prisons are state or federal institutions).

Doug



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