I am searching for the National average length of time served for the
conviction of a Homicide crime during the 70's, 80's and 90's. I need
the years not the percentages. For instance, and this is what I've
heard, during the 70's the average time received was 10-15 yrs, but
only 7 yrs being served. And I'm not adding the major yrs such as 365
or life plus life. Just the actual time spent behind bars.
I have searched The National Criminal Justice site but only came up
with percentages. The same with The Bureau of Prisons. Also, they seem
to stay within the last decade and I need the time from the 70's on.
I have searched for three days now, and beyond headaches, eyestrain
and frustration I keep running into a block wall. I know the answer is
there but when I put two and two together I come up with five!
Thanx in advance for all the help and info you can provide. One more
thing: I need this ASAP!
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Request for Question Clarification by
nenna-ga
on
20 May 2004 18:00 PDT
Hello!
Is there any specific location you are looking for? State, Federal?
International? The more details you can provide us, the better we can
answer this question.
Nenna-GA
Google Answers Researcher
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
20 May 2004 18:04 PDT
The ASAP questions always pose a bit of a quandry. Should we give you
information FAST, even if it's not quite complete? Or should we take
a good long while searching for everything there is, and run the risk
of missing some sort of deadline that you're facing.
You decide!
So far, I've uncovered data on the actual time spent in jail for those
charged with murder or manslaughter for the period 1986-1994.
Average jail time in 1986 for these crimes was about 3 1/2 years, and
it increased to about 4 years, 3 months in 1994. These are prisoners
in *federal* prisons.
The same data source also includes similar data for other types of
crimes. Interestingly, those convicted of robbery generally spend
more time in prison than do those convicted of murder/manslaughter.
How should we proceed?
Do you want the full details of this partial answer now?
Would you prefer to wait while I check to see if older data is
available (right now, it doesn't seem to be....but I can certainly
continue searching).
Will federal data meet your needs? Until recently, there seem to have
been very few efforts to coordinate data collection efforts at state
and local prisons.
Let me know what you prefer.
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
zoominalong-ga
on
21 May 2004 12:46 PDT
Hi,
First off, thank you for responding so fast. Now, to your questions. I
am looking for the State and Federal times separately as then they can
be combined.I don't need the International times.
As for the ASAP the actual time it's needed is next Monday evening, May 31st.
It would be fantastic if the years were broken down as you have
described but my main objective are the 1970's, 80's and 90's. I am
trying to see how much time increased as the years progressed. And you
showed the increase from 1986 to 1994. This is exactly what I am
looking for! The Fed's had a different system in the 70's and part of
the 80's but I'm sure the sentencing was about the same. And if it can
be broken down between the State and Federal so much the better.
I was posed this question last week and I just found your site a
couple of days ago or I would have asked it sooner. I will have more
information tonite and I will send what I can find out. Any
information you can gather pertaining to this will be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
21 May 2004 13:46 PDT
Thanks for the feedback. I haven't found any additional data, other
than what I described already, but I'll keep looking.
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
zoominalong-ga
on
24 May 2004 19:07 PDT
Hi pafalaga
Sorry it took so long to get back to you...The call didn't come as I
was expecting but I have one question for you: Are the clarification
comments that I post viewed by anyone who looks at the site?
Well, the call just came in and I gave them what you related to me and
there seems to be a descrepency in years with your data being less.
But I do have an extended time limit and it's the morning of May 27th.
All I can suggest is keep checking the data for whatever is out there
and if I can find out anything more I will send it to you. I really
appreciate the time and energy you're putting into this.
Until the next clarificaton,
za
PS Yes, there is a big difference in time served between robbery and homicide!
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
24 May 2004 19:46 PDT
Hello again, zoomin'
Thanks for the update. Let me explain one or two things about Google Answers.
First, everything that you or I write here is publicly viewable.
Anyone looking at this particular question will see the question
itself, along with all the notes and clarifications we are posting.
If and when an answer is provided, that too, will be publicly
viewable.
Second, there are several hundred GA researchers, anyone of whom might
eventually take an interest in this question and try to answer it.
Thus far, I've been the only one to post clarifications here, but that
might change.
Thirdly, I've collected some additional information, but I haven't
posted it, as it doesn't fully anwer your question. What I have thus
far is:
--Statewide statistics for Illinois prisons, showing length of
imprisonment for various crimes (including homicides) for 1992-2002.
--A national overview of time served in STATE prisons, comparing 1990
to 1999 for murder and manslaughter.
--Statewide time-served data for California, by offense, for the period 1998-2003.
One thing to note is that the state time-served data generally appears
to be on the order of 10 years for murder...much longer than the data
from federal prisons that I cited earlier.
As you can see, the data only goes back to the early 1990's, at best.
I have not found anything extending any further back in time.
If you are interested in having me post the information I have found
as an answer to your question, please post a clarification to let me
know. You are welcome to change the list price of your question, as
well, if you feel that would be appropriate, since you would not be
receiving all the data you originally requested.
Hope this all clear.
pafalafa-ga
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