Survey of Adults on Probation, 1995: [United States]
Description
The 1995 Survey of Adults on Probation (SAP) was the first
national survey to gather information on the individual
characteristics of adult probationers. The SAP was a two-part
nationally representative survey consisting of a records check based
on probation office administrative records and personal interviews
with probationers. The records check provided detailed information
for 5,867 probationers on current offenses and sentences, criminal
histories, levels of supervision and contacts, disciplinary hearings
and outcomes, and demographic characteristics. Only adults with a
formal sentence to probation who were not considered absconders were
included in the records check. Excluded were persons supervised by a
federal probation agency, those only on parole, persons on presentence
or pretrial diversion, juveniles, and absconders. The records check
forms were completed by a probation officer or by another person
knowledgeable about probation office records. A subset of the
population selected for the records check was selected for a personal
interview, resulting in a total of 2,030 completed interviews. The
personal interview sample excluded from the records check sample
probationers not on active probation (defined as being required to
make office visits at any interval), those incarcerated, and those in
residential treatment. Respondents were asked about current
offense(s) and supervision, criminal history, alcohol and drug use and
treatment, mental health treatment, demographic characteristics, and a
variety of socioeconomic characteristics such as employment, income,
receipt of welfare, housing, number of children and child support, and
living conditions while growing up.
Resources
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Description |
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ICPSR02039.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02039.v1 |
Tags
- probation
- offender-profiles
- probationers
- demographic-characteristics
- sentencing
- supervised-liberty
- arrest-records
- criminal-histories