Felony Sentences in the United States, 1994

• NCJ Number: 165149
• Author(s): Patrick A. Langan, Ph.D., Bureau of Justice Statistics; Jodi M. Brown, Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Date Published: July 1997
• Publication Series: Felony Sentences in the United States
• Publication Type: Publication

Annotation

Presents the latest available figures for both State and Federal sentencing, reporting that in 1994 the Nation's courts convicted a total of about 900,000 persons of a felony offense.

Abstract

Presents the latest available figures for both State and Federal sentencing, reporting that in 1994 the Nation's courts convicted a total of about 900,000 persons of a felony offense. State courts accounted for 96% of the national total and Federal courts for 4%. The Nation's courts sentenced 46% of convicted felons to prison, 25% to jail, and 29% to probation.