Survey of Prison and Jail Inmates

Background and Method

Mark A. Peterson, Jan M. Chaiken, Patricia A. Ebener, Paul K. Honig

ResearchPublished 1982

This Note describes the objectives and methodology of the Second Inmate Survey, which collected detailed information from criminal offenders about their crimes and criminal careers. The Note provides detailed background information for readers of the other publications prepared under RAND's Research Agreements Program studying criminal careers. In addition, it is designed to aid researchers at RAND and elsewhere who will use data from the Survey to study criminals, criminal behavior, and criminal careers or who wish to collect similar data.

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Peterson, Mark A., Jan M. Chaiken, Patricia A. Ebener, and Paul K. Honig, Survey of Prison and Jail Inmates: Background and Method. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1982. https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N1635.html. Also available in print form.
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