This dataset contains counts of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities in the United States from 1925 onward. The data excludes jail inmates and focuses on individuals in state and federal incarceration facilities.
Usage
data(USincarcerations_df)Format
A data frame with 95 rows and 7 variables:
- year
Year of the recorded data (numeric).
- stateFedIncarcerees
Number of prisoners under state and federal jurisdiction (numeric).
- stateFedIncarcerationRate
Incarceration rate per 100,000 population for state and federal facilities (numeric).
- stateFedMales
Number of male prisoners in state and federal facilities (numeric).
- stateFedMaleRate
Male incarceration rate per 100,000 male population (numeric).
- stateFedFemales
Number of female prisoners in state and federal facilities (numeric).
- stateFedFemaleRate
Female incarceration rate per 100,000 female population (numeric).
Details
The dataset name has been changed to 'USincarcerations_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the crimedatasets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.