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

----------- -~- - -- -Sourcebook I'f Criminol Justice Stotistics 1983Persons Under Correctiollol SupervisionTable 6.6 Persons received for supervision by the Federal Probation System, by type of supervision, years ending June 30, 1974-82NJTE: Persons under supervision of the Federal Pr"botion System includepersons placed on probation--either by U.S. District Courts, U.S.mogistrates, or at the request of U.S. attorneys (deferred prosecution)­-and Federal offenders released from confinement on parole ormondatory release. A Federal prisoner is eligible for mondatory releasewhen the prisoner has served the full 'term of imprisonment less "goodtime"allowances. If the offender has earned more than 180 days of"good-time" credit, supervision (as if on parole) is for that period inexcess of 180 days. If "good-time" is less than 180 days, releaseoccurs without supervision.These data represent persons who began supervision in the 12-month period prior to June 30 of the year noted. The Canal Zane,Guam, and the Virgin Islands began reporting data in 1977.''Pretrial diversion" was called "deferred prosecution" in yearsprior to 1977."Special parole" refers to a speci:ied period of parole attached toa term of imprisonment at sentencing. This provision is applicable toviolations of certain drug laws (see Drug Abuse Prevention and ControlAct of 1970, Public Law 91-513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1260)..Type of 1974 1975 1976superVision Number Percent Number Percent Number PercentAll cases 3:1,660 100.0 36,061 100.0 35,102 100.0Court probation 19,452 59.6 18,665 51.8 18,375 52.3U.S. Magistrateprobation 3,351 10.2 4,8!j4 13.5 5,358 15.3Pretrial diversion 977 3.0 1,143 3.2 1,711 4.9Parole 6,299 19.3 7,888 21.9 6,286 17.9Mandatory release 2,398 7.3 2,408 6.7 1,935 5.5Military parole 183 0.6 200 0.6 232 0.7Special parole 873 2.4 1,205 3.41977 1978 1979 1980Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Num6er Percent35,098 100.0 34,808 100.0 33,839 100.0 31,410 100.017,561 50.0 15,668 45.0 14,094 41.7 12,189 38.8S,678 16.2 5,812 16.7 5,202 15.4 4,589 14.62,081 5.9 2,135 6.1 2,255 6.7 2,015 6.45,222 14.9 5,816 16.7 6,829 20.2 7,652 24.42,521 7.2 3,298 9.5 3,222 9.5 2,671 8.5289 0.8 171 0.5 95 0.3 226 0.71,746 5.0 1,908 5.5 2,142 6.3 2,068 6.6Source: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Annual Re~ort of the Director'aM)7y' p. X-tl; 1977 (Preliminary Report), p. 17,Table II; 1979, p. 13, Table 12; 1981, p. 13, Table IS; 1982, p. 172, Ta61e 62 Washington, D.C::-A n stratlve bffiCe""of the United States Courts).Table adapted by SQURCEBCO< staff. --1981Number Percent-29,575 100.011,886 40.25,423 18.32,014 6.86,452 21.81,939 6.6340 1.1I ,521 5.11982Number Percent31,531 100.013,286 42.16,455 20.52,013 6,1~5,906 18.71,962 6.2297 0.91,612 5.1i1l ! ,\"I '! :l550551