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Understanding and Preventing Violence: Volume 4 - Consequences and Control
TABLE 2 Prison Inmates in the United States, 1965 to 1989
Annual Change in Inmates (%)
Year
Number of Inmates
Inmates per 100,000 Total Population
Inmates per 100,000 Adult Population
Number of Inmates
Rate per Total Population
Rate per Adult Population
1965
210,895
109.0
170.3
—
—
—
1966
199,654
102.1
158.9
-5.3
-6.3
-6.7
1967
194,896
98.7
152.8
-2.4
-3.3
-3.8
1968
187,914
94.2
145.1
-3.6
-4.5
-5.1
1969
196,007
97.3
148.9
4.3
3.3
2.6
1970
196,429
96.3
146.3
0.2
-1.1
-1.7
1971
198,061
95.8
144.5
0.8
-0.6
-1.2
1972
196,092
93.7
140.2
-1.0
-2.2
-3.0
1973
204,211
96.6
143.2
4.1
3.1
2.1
1974
218,466
102.4
150.3
7.0
6.0
4.9
1975
240,593
111.7
162.2
10.1
9.0
7.9
1976
262,833
120.8
173.7
9.2
8.2
7.1
1977
278,141
126.6
180.3
5.8
4.8
3.8
1977
285,456
129.9
185.0
2.6
2.6
2.6
1978
294,396
132.6
187.1
3.1
2.0
1.2
1979
301,470
134.2
187.9
2.4
1.3
0.4
1980
315,974
139.0
193.2
4.8
3.6
2.8
1981
353,167
153.8
212.3
11.8
10.6
9.9
1982
394,374
170.0
233.3
11.7
10.5
9.9
1983
419,820
179.2
244.8
6.5
5.4
4.9
1984
443,398
187.5
255.3
5.6
4.6
4.3
1985
480,568
201.3
273.5
8.4
7.4
7.1
1986
522,084
216.8
293.8
8.6
7.7
7.5
1987
560,812
230.7
312.2
7.4
6.4
6.3
1988
603,720
246.1
332.3
7.7
6.7
6.4
1989
679,263
274.5
369.8
12.5
11.5
11.3
1975-1980 Average
5.5
4.5
3.7
1980-1988 Average
8.0
7.0
6.6
SOURCES: Flanagan and Maguire (1990:Table 6.43); Bureau of Justice Statistics (1990a). Adjustments to form population rates use population data from Bureau of the Census (1974, 1982, 1984, and 1986). Both custody and jurisdiction counts are reported for 1977 to facilitate year-to-year comparisons.
states, whereas rape and aggravated assault are the least prevalent of the crime types compared.
When examined over time from 1975 to 1988, the crime mix of inmates in each of the six states does not display any general increases in violent offenses among either commitments to prison or resident inmates. With the exceptions of rape (which increases
