The Crime Scene Phase of the CJ process
The Pretrial Phase
The Trial Phase
The Sentencing Phase
The last phase
The incarceration binge (1970 through 2010)
Incarceration-rate calculation
The incarceration rate in jails and prisons from 1973 to 2007 (and explanation)
The incarceration rate in 2021
Incarceration-rate spike from 1980 – 2007 in view of crime rate & incarceration-rate.
Three reasons why the incarceration rate dropped around 2020
Incarceration Rate total (jail, prison, probation, and parole)
Offenders under correctional control not in jails or prisons
Prison bound persons born in 2001 – Prison bound African Americans
African American (in age 20’s} currently under correctional control / % prison
Sentencing disparity
Percent of offenders in each correctional category
Probation 60%
Jails 10%
State Prison 20%
Parole 10%