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One Size Does Not Fit All


 

Publication Date: August 2003

Publisher: Brennan Center for Justice

Author(s): Patricia Allard; Molly K. Biklen; Kirsten D. Levingston

Research Area: Justice; Population and demographics

Keywords: Justice; Criminal Justice; Post-Conviction Penalties

Type: Report

Abstract:

One Size Does Not Fit All: Why the Census Bureau Should Change the Way it Counts Prisoners discusses how the Census BureauÂ’s approach to counting people in prison---as residents of prison towns rather than their home towns---hurts communities that lose large numbers of people to prison and runs counter to the BureauÂ’s mission to provide data that paints an accurate picture of the nationÂ’s communities.