Capital Punishment 1981 (Final Report), Privacy and Security Box 1240, Ann Arbor, Mich.4B106, (313/764-5199)
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------'-----------_._----------_. u.s. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics .: .;~','-.,'.,?," ,t';•... ,. '. , ~"", ' •. 1.. ',."' " .. ,..... ',",. .' . 00", ' '.'.'.;' .. "'> " ~, ~ ... ~. '-'.,'C);. ~ Bureau of Justice Statistics reports National Prisoner Statistics Expend!~'Jre and employment (revised March 1983) BJS bulletins; Justice expenditure and employment In the Single copies are available free from the National Prisoners at midyear 1982, NCJ-84875. 11/82 U.S., 1979: Preliminary report. NCJ-73288, 1/81 Criminal JusHce Reference Service, Box 6000, Prisoners In 1981, NCJ-82262, 5/82 Expenditure and employment data for the Rockville, Md. 20850 (use NCJ number to order). Prisoners 1925-81, NCJ-85861. 12/82 criminal justice system, 1978, NCJ-68482 , 7/81 Postage and handling is charged for multiple Death-row prisoners 1981, NCJ-83191, 8/82 Trends In expenditure and employment data for the criminal justice systl'lm, 1971-77, copies (301/251-5595). Prisoners in State and Federal institutions on NCJ-57463, 1/80 Public-use tapes of 8JS data sets and other December 31,1980 (final report), NCJ-80520. criminal justice data are available from the Criminal 7/82 Justice Archive and Information Network, P.O. Capital punishment 1981 (final report), Privacy and security Box 1240, Ann Arbor, Mich.4B106, (313/764-5199). NCJ-88484. 4/83 Computer crime: 1979 survey ofinmates ofState correctional facilities Computer security techniques, National Crime Survey and 1979 census of State correctional facilities NCJ-84049, 9/82 Criminal victimization In the U.S.: (BJS bulletins); Electronic funds transfer systems and crime, 1900-81 changes based on new estimates Prisoners and drugs, NCJ-87575. 3/83 NCJ-83736. 9/82 (8JS technical report), NCJ-87577.3/83 Prisoners and alcohol, NCJ-S6223, 1/83 Legislative resource manual, NCJ-78890, 9/81 1980 (final report), NCJ-84015. 4/83 Prisons and prisoners, NCJ-80697.2/82 Expert witness manual, NCJ-77927, 9/81 1979 (final report), NCJ-76710. 12/81 Veterans in wison, NCJ-79632. 11/81 Criminal justice, NCJ-61550. 12n9 1973-79 trends, NCJ-77639, 4/82 Privacy and security of criminal history Census of jails and survey of jail inmates: Information: BJS bulletins: Jail inmates 1982 (BJS bulletin), NCJ-87161 ,2/83 A guide to research and statistical use, Households touched by crime 1981 , Census of jails, 1978: Dala for individual jails. NCJ-69790, 5/81 NCJ-84406, 9/82 vols. HV, Northeast, North Central. South. West; A guide to dissemination, NCJ-40000, 1/79 Violent crime by strangers, NCJ-80829, 4/82 NCJ-72279-72282. 12/81 Compendium of State legislation: Crime and the elderly, NCJ-79614, 1/82 Profile of jail inmates, 1978, NCJ-65412, 2/81 NCJ-48981, 7/78 Victims of crime, NCJ-79615, 11/81 Census of jails and survey of jail inmates, 1978, 1981 supplement, NCJ-79652, 3/82 Measuring crime, NCJ-75710, 2/81 preliminary report. NCJ-55172. 5n9 Criminal justice information policy: The National Crime Survey: Working papers, Research access to criminal justice data, vol. Current and historical perspectives. I: Parole and probation NCJ-84154. 2/83 NCJ-75374, 8/82 Characteristics of persons entering parole Privacy and juvenile justice records, Crime against the elderly in 26 cities, during 1978 and 1979, NCJ-87243, 4/83 NCJ-84152,1/83 NCJ-76706,1/82 Probation and parole, 1981 (BJS bulletin). Survey of State laws (BJS bulletin), The Hispanic victim, NCJ-69261. 11/81 NCJ-83647,8/82 NCJ-80836, 6/82 Issues in the measurement of crime, Characteristics of the parole population, 1978, Privacy and the private employer, NCJ-74682, 10/81 NCJ-66479 4/81 NCJ-79651, 11/81 Criminal victimization of Califomia reSidents, Parole in th6 U.S., 1979, NCJ-69562. 3/81 1974-77, NCJ-70944,6/81 Restitution to victims of personal and household General crimes, NCJ-72770, 5/81 Courts BJS five-year program plan, FY 1982-86, 7/82 Criminal victimization of New York State State court caseload statistIcs: Violent crime in the U.S. (White House briefing residents, 1974-77, NCJ-70944. 9/80 1977 and 1981 (8JS special report), book), NCJ-79741. 6/82 The cost of negligence; Losses from preventable NCJ-87587,2/83 Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics, 1981 , household burglaries, NCJ-53527. 12n9 State court organization 1980, NCJ-76711. 7/82 NCJ-78672,6/82 Rape victimization in 26 American cities, State court model statistieal dictionary, Federal justice statistics (8JS bulletin). NCJ-55878,8n9 NCJ-62320, 9/80 NCJ-80814,3/82 Criminal victimization in urban schools, A cross-city comparison of felony case Dictionary of criminal justice data terminology: NCJ-56396. en9 processing, NCJ-55171, 7/79 Terms and definitions proposed for interstate Crime against persons in urban, suburban, and Federal criminal sen~encing: Perspectives of and national data collection and eXchange, 2nd rural areas, NCJ-53551. 7n9 analysis and a design for research, NCJ-33683, ed .• NCJ-76939, 2/82 An introduction to the National Crime Survey, 1On8 Correctional data analysis systems, NCJ-43732, 4/78 Variations in Federal criminal sentences, NCJ-76940.8/81 Local victim surveys: A review of the issues. NCJ-33684, 10n8 Technical standards for machine-readable data NCJ-39973, 8n7 Federal sentencing patterns: A study of supplied to BJS, NCJ-75318. 6/81 geographical variations, NCJ-33685, 10/78 Justice agencies in the U,S., 1980, NCJ-65560, Predicting sentences in Federal courts: The 1/81 feasibility of a national sentencing policy. Indicators of crime and criminal justice: NCJ-33686, 1On8 Quantitative stUdies, NCJ-62349, 1/81 State and !ocal prosecution and civil attorney A style manual for machine-readable data, systems, NCJ-41334, 7 n8 NCJ-62766, 9/80 Mylhs and realities about crime, NCJ-46249, 10n8 .. U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics National Prisoner Statistics December 1982 NCJ-86484 ~. i u.s. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics Steven R. Schlesinger Acting Director Benjamin H. Renshaw III Deputy Director Acknowledgments. This report was written by Susan Schechter-Ryan, under the supervision of 10hn F. Wallerstedt, Chief of the Correctional! Detention Studies Branch, Center for Demographic Studies, Bureau of the Census. Millie Baldea was principally responsible for production support. Col!ection and processing of data were conducted in the Bureau of the Census under the general supervision of Evan H. Davey, Demographic Surveys Division; Chester E. Bowie, Chief of the Special Surveys Branch, directed those activities, assisted by Arlene 1. Rasmussen and Anita M. Lavalle. Carol B. Kalish, Chief of Policy Analysis of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, provided overall program direction. The report was made possible only by the generous and unstinting assistance of State correctional officials and each State's Office of the Attorney General. Their patience and cooperation in providing the data contained herein are gratefully acknowledged. Librar), of COlIgrc~; C(l!a/ogtllll' ill [ublicat;oll Data United States. Bureau of Ju",( : "u!istics Capital punishmefi~. 198: (National prisoner statisticG bulletin; no. SD-NPS-CP-IO) Chiefly tables. Supt. of Docs. no.:1 1.4213:SD-NPS-CP-1O I. Capital punishment-United States-Statistics I. Title. ". Series. HV 8699.U5U53 1980 364.6'6'0973 75·619081 Por sale h~' the SIlI)erlnt~ndent of r JCllments U.S. Government Printing OJllce Wnshln~ton. D.C. 20402 j 1, :1 Ii' ~, .J' t ii CapitaL Punishment 1981 Preface Contents gms $*£. :;g; Ii q II ~ e t i The 1981 edition of Capital Punishment Introduction, 1 features data bearing on the continuing Legal status of the death penalty, 2 growth rates in the Nation's dec;lth-row Setting new standards: Decisions population. One in a series published under in the 1970's, 2 the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) pro Current developments, 3 gram, the report also gives special attention to changes in status of death penalty laws Persons sentenced to death during 1981,4 that might affect this growth. Increase in proportion of blacks, 4 Marked rise in prior felon~. 4 As in past editions, it examines basic so ciodemographic characteristics-sex, race, Persons leaving death row during 1981,5 region, ethnic origin. age, marital status at Most sentences reduced to life. 5 time of imprisonment, and level of educa Dispositions granted in more States. 5 tion. Emphasis is placed on changes in the Average stay slowly increase~. 5 proportions of blacks and whites among in coming, outgoing, and yearend popula Persons under sentence at yearend 1981, 6 Stay averages 2 years, 6 tions. Criminal justice matters treated include legal status at the time of arrest, Numerous prior offenders, 7 prior felony convictions, offense, time Level of education rises, 7 spent on death row, and, for prisoners re Two of every five inmates were black. 7' moved from death row, both the method of Executions-1930 to 1981, 8 removal and status at yearend. For the first Electrocution predominates, 8 time, respondents were asked whether State Most executions occurred in South, 9 laws provided for an automatic appeal for Post-1976 group all whites, 9 persons receiving the death penalty. Appendixes: Appendix I summarizes the current status I. Status of death penalty statutes. of capital punishment and the history of by jurisdiction: December 31. 1981. 10 death penalty laws in each jurisdiction. The II. Data tables, 13 data tables on which the report is based are III. Questionnaire, 91 in Appendix II. Facsimiles of the question IV. Methodology, 99 naires used to obtain data from correctional and judicial authorities are in Appendix III. Figures: Appendix IV, Methodology, discusses data I. Persons under sentence of '.leath, by year, 1953-81,1 collection procedures and r,hanges made in 2. Blacks as a percentage of all persons sentenced to death. the questionnaires during the past several 1968- 81, 4 years.