surveys, the ACS provides annual data on prisoners, has a larger sample size, and can be compared directly to the household population. Scholars interested in exploring the characteristics of adults housed in correctional facilities (or other group quarters facilities), the effects of excluding prisoners from estimates of racial inequality in sociodemographic outcomes, and current enrollment patterns of prisoners should consider utilizing the ACS data. REFERENCES Bazos, Audrey and Jessica Hausman. 2004. Education as a Crime Control “Correctional Program.” UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2004. of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional “Survey Facilities, 2004: Codebook.” Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2008. Correctional Populations, 1980-2008.” Available “Adult online on December 6, 2010 at Child Trends. 2003. High School Dropout Rates: The Gap Narrows between Blacks and Whites. Washington, DC: Child Trends. Retrieved June 23, 2009 from Coley, Richard and Paul Barton. 2006. Up and Locked Out: An Educational Perspective “Locked on the U.S. Prison Population.” Ensminger, Margaret and Slusarcick. 1992. Paths to High School Graduation and Dropout: A Longitudinal of a First-Grade Cohort.” 65:95-113. Sociology of Education, Harlow, Caroline. 2003. and Correctional Populations.” U.S. Department of Justice, “Education Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report. January 2003. Heckman, and Paul LaFontaine. 2010. American High School Graduation Rate: “The Trends and Levels.” 92:244-262. Review of Economics and Statistics, Jackson, 1997. in the Background and Criminal Justice Characteristics of “Differences Young Black, White, and Hispanic Male Federal Prison Inmates.” Journal of Black 27:494-509. Studies, Klein, Steven, Michelle Tolbert, Rosio Bugarin, Emily Cataldi, and Gina Tauschek. 2004. Correctional Education: Assessing the Status of Prison Programs and Information U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Washington, D.C.
surveys, the ACS provides annual data on prisoners, has a larger sample size, and can be compared directly to the household population. Scholars interested in exploring the characteristics of adults housed in correctional facilities (or other group quarters facilities), the effects of excluding prisoners from estimates of racial inequality in sociodemographic outcomes, and current enrollment patterns of prisoners should consider utilizing the ACS data. REFERENCES Bazos, Audrey and Jessica Hausman. 2004. “Correctional Education as a Crime Control Program.” UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2004. “Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2004: Codebook.” Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2008. “Adult Correctional Populations, 1980-2008.” Available online on December 6, 2010 at Child Trends. 2003. High School Dropout Rates: The Gap Narrows between Blacks and Whites. Washington, DC: Child Trends. Retrieved June 23, 2009 from Coley, Richard and Paul Barton. 2006. “Locked Up and Locked Out: An Educational Perspective on the U.S. Prison Population.” Ensminger, Margaret and Slusarcick. 1992. Paths to High School Graduation and Dropout: A Longitudinal of a First-Grade Cohort.” Sociology of Education, 65:95-113. Harlow, Caroline. 2003. “Education and Correctional Populations.” U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report. January 2003. Heckman, and Paul LaFontaine. 2010. “The American High School Graduation Rate: Trends and Levels.” Review of Economics and Statistics, 92:244-262. Jackson, 1997. “Differences in the Background and Criminal Justice Characteristics of Young Black, White, and Hispanic Male Federal Prison Inmates.” Journal of Black Studies, 27:494-509. Klein, Steven, Michelle Tolbert, Rosio Bugarin, Emily Cataldi, and Gina Tauschek. 2004. Correctional Education: Assessing the Status of Prison Programs and Information U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Washington, D.C.
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