Violent Offenders in State Prison: Sentences and Time Served--
State Inmates, 1992-94 7/95
For the first time BJS reports jurisdiction-level data on sentence length and time served for violent
prison inmates who were admitted or released in 1992, 1993, and 1994. Using guidelines
developed in the BJS National Corrections Reporting Program, 49 States and the District of
Columbia provided data on new court commitments and first releases of violent offenders,
including the number, the average sentence length, the projected minimum time to be served
before release for admissions, and the time served in prison and jail for releases. (Violent
offenders are those convicted of homicide, kidnaping, forcible rape, sexual assault, robbery,
assault, or other crimes involving the threat or imposition of harm upon the victim, including
extortion, intimidation, reckless endangerment, hit-and-run driving with injury, or child abuse.)
Jurisdictional variations and trends are highlighted NCJ 154632 .
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