Jail Inmates’ Experiences of Restraining Orders, U.S. 2002

Jail inmates under restraining order at commitment to jail, ever under restraining order, relational categories of persons who sought restraining orders, inmates committed to jail with violation of restraining order, and ever committed to jail with violation of restraining order.

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Restraining orders contribute significantly to criminalization and incarceration. Restraining orders arise both from civil petitions and from arrests for domestic violence. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Survey of Inmates in Local Jails is a national representative survey of inmates in jail on any given day. It asks jail inmates several questions about restraining orders:

This dataset tabulates responses to these questions from the survey of jail inmates in 2002.

Dataset sheets:

summary: inmates ever under restraining order, inmates under restraining order at admittance to jail, by violent and non-violent controlling offense, with shares of inmates; categories of persons by share among those who sought restraining order against inmate; model of inmate incarceration from restraining order violations
restraining order at admission: jail inmates under a restraining order when admitted to jail, 2002, tabulation details
ever restraining: jail inmates who had ever been under a restraining order, 2002, tabulation details
restraining violation admit: jail inmates charged with a restraining order violation at commitment to jail, 2002, tabulation details
ever restraining violation: jail inmates who had ever been arrested or prosecuted for violating a restraining order, 2002, tabulation details
variables: specification of variables used in tabulation for replication
background stats: additional contextual statistics from survey of jail inmates, 2002

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