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Violent offenders tend to serve longer sentences than others (expected to be ~3 times longer on average than most other categories, according to the BJS article
by dghf 10y ago
Violent offenders tend to serve longer sentences than others (expected to be ~3 times longer on average than most other categories, according to the BJS article you reference), which is part of the reason they make up such a large part of the prison population at any given time.
In terms of number of people sent to prison, they're less prominent: again from the BJS article, admissions to state prisons in 2009 with sentences >= 1 year broke down like this: 27% violent; 30% property; 29% drug; 14% public order; 1% other.
- a_puppy 10y agoIn this context we're talking about P(person did something bad|person is currently in state prison), so the relevant statistics are the ones I cited. Your statistics would be relevant if we were talking about P(person did something bad|person has ever been to state prison).
- dghf 10y agoNo, we're talking about the reasons why people end up in prison. > People end up in prison for a reason. - banthum, in grandparent of your previous comment. > Ye[s] they end up there for a reason, but it's not the reason you think. - djsumdog, in immediate parent of your previous comment,