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Probation and Parole Populations, 1996

NCJ Number
166364
Date Published
August 1997
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This press release by the U.S. Justice Department presents narrative and tabular data for the number and characteristics of adults on probation and parole in Federal, State, and local jurisdictions in the United States at the end of 1996, with data shown for each State.
Abstract

This press release reports the number of adults on probation under federal, state, or local jurisdiction and on parole at the end of 1996. It also reports the number and percentage of adults in the United States under some form of correctional supervision, including those held in local jails and State and Federal prisons as well as those on probation and parole.