NCJ Number
39451
Date Published
1975
Length
55 pages
Annotation
TRENDS IN IOWA'S PRISON POPULATION FLUCTUATIONS ARE COMPUTED IN RESPONSE TO THE RAPID INCREASE SINCE 1973; THIS PAPER ADDRESSES THE CAUSES OF THE INCREASE, THEIR RELATIVE WEIGHT, AND DIFFERENT TEND FORECASTING METHODS.
Abstract
THE REPORT FOUND THAT THE TIDE OF NEW ADMISSIONS TO PRISON RESULTS PRIMARILY FROM AN INCREASED CRIME RATE AMONG YOUNG MALES AND FROM AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF YOUNG MALES IN THE POPULATION. THIS PHENOMENON IS NOT TEMPORARY, NOR IS IT CAUSED BY THE RECESSION. THE REPORT FORECASTS THAT PRISON POPULATIONS WILL EXCEED THE CURRENTLY-PLANNED PHYSICAL CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING MEN'S PRISON SYSTEM BY AT LEAST 600, WHEN THEY REACH THEIR PEAK IN ABOUT 1982. EVEN IN THE MOST OPTIMISTIC PROJECTION, THE NUMBER OF MALE PRISONERS WILL NOT RETURN TO THE FISCAL 1975 LEVEL UNTIL ABOUT 1990. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...PLO