Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

Characteristics of the Criminal Justice SystemsCharacteristics of the Criminal Justice SystemsTable 1.73 State and Federal privacy statutes, by type of information regulated and jurisdiction, as of 1982Table 1.72 Statutory provisions for parole eligibilityMay 1981--CantinuedStateWyomingProvisions for parole eligibilitySpecialGeneralprovisionsAnytime withinthe discretionof the paroleboardand sentence reduction, by State, as ofprovisions for sentence reductionsGood timeDiscretionaryaccording toparole board--noautomaticstatutory goodtimeOtherN::lTE: This Information was compiled from a survey of State and Federallaws. All States have constitutionai provisions similar to the first andfourth arrendments to the U.S. Constitution. Although only a few havewritten into their State constitutions specific language protecting theri ght to privacy, many hove statutes protecting one or mare specificareas of privacy."Privacy statutes" refers to statutes or sections of a State'sconstitution indicating a general or specific right to privacy.''Privileged cOTTmunication" refers to information that is private becauseof a particular relationship (e.g., corrmunication between a person anda psychologist or clergyman). Because of the univel'sal nature oflawyer-client and husband-wife privilege, these statutes have not beenincluded in the section on privilege.Type of information regulated-II d Sh on Larson Judicial and Executive Discretion inSource: Caroline S. Caope.r, ~e~~a tKer:, el~n~nCodearProvisians '(Washington, D.C.: The kOerlcanthe Sentencing Process; AnaIXSI\~ dO ~ debY SQ...RCEBOOs-.:.:t:co '"YYYYYYYY(c)YYYy(c)(c)YYa>.~t,.,s­ a>::IU.EoUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYyYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY h(a)y- (a,b)yY (a)YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY(a)V IY(a)(a)Y(a,b)YY(a)(a)Y(a)YYYYYYYyYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYyYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYy'iYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYyYYYbFair Information Practices A#s.Locoi ordinance within the State.CSignificant court decision affecting privacy.,~~rr.~~~~,r..;~:'=::~~~~~~~2.....!1~9!!.!.81(Washington, D.C.: Privacy Journal, 1981), p. 2; and data