Prisoners, 1923: Crime Conditions in the United States as Reflected in Census Statistics of Imprisoned Offenders, Page 93 |
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Assault Burglary Carrying conc Carrying concealed weapons CENT DISTRIBUTION cent not shown chain gangs CLASS OF INSTITUTION COLOR OR RACE COMMITMENTS JAN COMMITMENTS TO JAILS committed to prisons convicted County and municipal Disorderly conduct Drunkenness East North East South England Federal prisons FOREIGN-BORN WHITE PRISONERS Forgery Fornication Fornication and prostitution geographic division Homicide imprisoned for nonpayment indeterminate sentence jails and workhouses JUNE 30 Larceny length of sentence Malicious mischief maximum Middle Atlantic Mountain municipal jails native whites Nature of sentence neglect of family Nonsupport or neglect number of commitments Paroled or pardoned population prisoners committed prisons and reformatories RACE AND NATIVITY Rape REASON FOR LEAVING reported Robbery Sentence expired sentenced to imprisonment South Atlantic South Carolina South Central division South Dakota Total Male total number Unclassified and unknown Vagrancy Violating city ordinances Violating drug laws Violating liquor laws Violating traffic laws weapons...M West North West South Central
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Page 12 - State cut its percentage of illiteracy more than 25 per cent between 1900 and 1910, and that in the South Atlantic, east South Central, and west South Central divisions...
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Page 4 - For while such statistics do not cover all crimes committed, nor indeed all persons convicted of crimes, since many minor offenders are punished by fines only and others are convicted but put on probation, the figures do measure with fair accuracy the number of crimes punished by death or imprisonment within the period covered. Furthermore, any increase or decrease in the number of convictions or in the amount of crime is, in general, followed by a corresponding change in the number of...
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Page 72 - ... to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 vears 55 to 64 years 66 years and over Single or unknown.
Page 246 - New England Middle Atlantic E . North Central W. North Central South Atlantic E. South Central W. South Central Mountain...
Page 101 - These numbers have been included in the diagonal entries of each subtable. See the text for further discussion. 'East...
Page 122 - ... ten years or over, formed the largest percentage in the United States and in five divisions . . . Prisoners with sentences of ten years or over formed a higher percentage of the indeterminate sentence prisoners than among the definite term group in every geographic division except New England. . . . These comparisons suggest that the more extensive use of the indeterminate sentence tends to increase the potential length of imprisonment, by setting higher limits to the terms of imprisonment than...