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Veterans in State and Federal Prison, 2004Using the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, this report presents data on the military and criminal backgrounds of incarcerated veterans, uses new measures to describe their substance abuse and dependence histories, and provides a detailed measure of their mental health problems. It compares incarceration rates for veterans and nonveterans in the U.S. population and describes trends from 1986 to 2004 in the prevalence of military service among inmates. The report also examines characteristics of incarcerated veterans who served in the 1990-91 Gulf War and the Afghanistan/Iraq operations since 2001. Highlights include the following:
05/07 NCJ 217199 This publication is one in a series. More recent editions may be available. To view a list of all in the series go to the publications page. Press release | Acrobat file (152K) | ASCII file (28K) | Spreadsheets (zip format 22K) About the source data | To order paper version | Codebooks & data sets |
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