Project Gutenberg 2009-06-23 Public domain in the USA. 268 Bonczar, Thomas P. 2003373566 Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001 Produced by Al Haines "Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001" by Thomas P. Bonczar is a scientific publication written in the early 21st century. This report provides a statistical analysis of incarceration rates and demographic trends in the United States over a span of nearly three decades. The primary focus is on the significant growth in imprisonment rates among various racial and gender demographics within the U.S. population. At the start of the report, Bonczar outlines the staggering increase in the prevalence of imprisonment, revealing that over 5.6 million U.S. adults had previously served time in prison by the end of 2001. The author presents key statistics, highlighting demographic disparities, with a particular emphasis on the higher rates of incarceration among black and Hispanic males compared to their white counterparts. He employs demographic modeling techniques to inform readers of how these trends have evolved from 1974 to 2001, culminating in projections about future rates of incarceration based on existing trends. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Imprisonment -- United States -- Statistics Prisoners -- United States -- Statistics HV Text Category: Law & Criminology Category: Sociology Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings 115725 2025-10-12T06:47:00.339198 text/html 110423 2021-01-05T05:47:48 text/html 286353 2025-10-12T06:47:06.485087 application/epub+zip 288977 2025-10-12T06:47:03.606142 application/epub+zip 96587 2025-10-12T06:47:02.434130 application/epub+zip 502291 2025-10-12T06:47:08.159117 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505440 2025-10-12T06:47:05.745090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303622 2022-09-13T14:02:22.086125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 107768 2025-10-12T06:47:00.039140 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 107627 2021-01-05T05:47:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18111 2025-10-12T06:47:08.290074 application/rdf+xml 25302 2025-10-12T06:47:02.941090 image/jpeg 4799 2025-10-12T06:47:02.688127 image/jpeg 150821 2021-01-05T05:47:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 28559 2021-01-05T05:47:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 268937 2025-10-12T06:47:00.360097 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog