Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2011 Dec;101 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S347-52. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300004. Epub 2011 Oct 28.
We sought to develop a detailed description of the variety of jail release patterns and to learn what factors affect the length of stay (LOS).
The main data set for the study came from a biennial Bureau of Justice Statistics survey on felony defendants in large urban counties.
The median LOS for the felony defendants was 7 days. One quarter of the jails had a median LOS of less than 2 days; median LOS for 75% of the jails was less than 15 days. Median regression showed that male gender, previous arrests, and violent charges were predictive of longer LOS.
The diversity in release patterns among jails has not been previously described. A public health intervention feasible in one jail may not be feasible in another because of the heterogeneity of release patterns. Individual inmate characteristics could predict a slower rate of release.
我们旨在详细描述监狱释放模式的多样性,并了解哪些因素会影响服刑时间(LOS)。
本研究的主要数据来自美国司法部统计局每两年一次对大城市县重罪犯被告的调查。
重罪犯被告的中位服刑时间为 7 天。四分之一的监狱的中位服刑时间不到 2 天;75%的监狱的中位服刑时间不到 15 天。中位数回归显示,男性、先前被捕和暴力指控是服刑时间延长的预测因素。
监狱释放模式的多样性以前没有被描述过。由于释放模式的异质性,在一个监狱可行的公共卫生干预措施在另一个监狱可能不可行。个别囚犯的特征可以预测释放速度较慢。