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Statistical Description of Commitments to Massachusetts Houses of Correction During 1976

NCJ Number
82090
Author(s)
C Metzler
Date Published
1977
Length
14 pages
Annotation
Tabular data on commitments to the Massachusetts county facilities (houses of correction) during 1976 are presented.
Abstract
Information about present offense, sentence, month committed, age at incarceration, sex, and marital status is given. An explanation of the tables' figures is not included. Data suggest that most individuals were committed in June, that most were aged 30-39, and that the overwhelming majority were male.