Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) - Annual Probation Survey and Annual Parole Survey

Collect administrative data from probation and parole agencies in the U.S. Data collected include the total number of adults on state and federal probation and parole on January 1 and December 31 of each year, the number of adults entering and exiting probation and parole supervision each year, and the characteristics of adults under the supervision of probation and parole agencies. Published data include both national and state-level data. The surveys cover all 50 states, the federal system, and the District of Columbia. They began in 1980 and are conducted annually. Probation data are also available dating back to 1977. Through BJS' National Probation Reports, probation data were collected from 1977-1979. Parole data are available dating back to 1975. The parole data from 1975-1979 were collected through BJS' Uniform Parole Reports.

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Questionnaires
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Methodology

Changes Over Time

Publications & Products

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Collection Period

1980-2010

Questionnaires

	Annual Parole Survey
		2010 PDF (90K) \| 2009 PDF (85K) \| 2008 PDF (95K) \| 2007 PDF (45K) \| 2006 PDF \| 2005 PDF \| 2004 PDF \| 2001 PDF \| 1999 PDF
	Annual Probation Survey
		2010 PDF (90K) \| 2009 PDF (94K) \| 2008 PDF (96K) \| 2007 PDF (37K) \| 2006 PDF \| 2005 PDF \| 2004 PDF \| 2001 PDF \| 1999 PDF

Documentation

Related publications

Methodology

These surveys cover probation and parole agencies in all 50 states, the federal system, and the District of Columbia. The surveys are sent to central reporters in states, with some exceptions for non-centralized systems. See Methodologies in annual reports for details on frame and respondents.

Changes Over Time

Periodically, changes are made to the questionnaires to improve measurement and to collect new information on evolving issues in community corrections and topics of greatest interest to the field of community corrections and data users

Publications & Products

The following publications and products were generated by BJS using data from this collection.

Publications
Data Tables
Press Releases

Probation and Parole in the United States, 2010 Presents statistics about adult offenders under community supervision while on probation or parole during 2010.
	Press Release \| PDF (1.2M) \| ASCII file (105k) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 70k) Part of the Probation and Parole Populations Series
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2009 Presents the number of adults under community supervision (probation or parole) at yearend 2009 and the rate of change in both populations during the year. The report examines factors associated with changes in the probation and parole populations since 2000 and during the last year.
	Press Release \| PDF (900K) \| ASCII file (85K) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 58K) Part of the Probation and Parole Populations Series
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2008 Probation and Parole in the United States, 2008 presents the number of adults under community supervision (probation or parole) at yearend 2008 and the growth rates in these populations during the year and since 2000.
	Press Release \| Acrobat file (PDF 1.5M) \| ASCII file (51K) \| Spreadsheets (Zip format 61K) Part of the Probation and Parole Populations Series
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2006 Presents the number of persons on probation and parole at yearend 2006, by State, and compares the national totals to counts for yearend 1995 and 2000 through 2005.
	Press Release \| PDF (237K) \| ASCII file (32K) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 37K) \| To order paper version Part of the Probation and Parole Populations Series
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2005 Reports the number of persons on probation and parole, by State, at yearend 2005 and compares the totals with yearend 1995 and 2000.
	Press Release \| PDF (436K) \| ASCII file (22K) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 22K) \| To order paper version Part of the Probation and Parole Populations Series
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2004 Reports the number of persons on probation and parole, by State, at yearend 2004 and compares the totals with yearend 1995 and 2000.
	Press Release \| PDF (337K) \| ASCII file (34K) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 60K) \| To order paper version Part of the Probation and Parole Populations Series
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2003 Reports the number of persons on probation and parole, by State, at yearend 2003 and compares the totals with yearend 1995 and 2002.
	Press Release \| PDF (337K) \| ASCII file (34K) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 60K) Part of the Probation and Parole Populations Series
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2002 Reports the number of persons on probation and parole, by State, at yearend 2002 and compares the totals with yearend 1995 and 2000.
	Press Release \| PDF (335K) \| ASCII file (17K) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 26K) Part of the Probation and Parole Populations Series
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2001 Reports the number of persons on probation and parole, by State, at yearend 2001 and compares the totals with yearend 1990 and 1995.
	Press Release \| PDF (321K) \| ASCII file (16K) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 38K) Part of the Probation and Parole Populations Series
Trends in State Parole, 1990-2000 Examines the changing nature of offenders entering and leaving parole and the effects on the trends and composition of the prison population.
	Press Release \| PDF (114K) \| ASCII file (42K) \| ZIP Format (Spreadsheet 60K) \| Codebooks and Datasets \| To order paper version

Adults on parole, federal and state-by-state, 1975-2010 Presents the number of persons on probation and parole from 1975 to yearend 2010, by state.
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Adults on probation, federal and state-by-state, 1977-2010 Presents the number of adults on probation, federal and state-by-state, for 1977-2010.
	Download CSV file (Spreadsheet 26K)
Adults entering probation, by type of sentence, 2007 Appendix Table 2 from Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007 - Statistical Tables
	Download CSV file (Data Table 4 KB)
Parolees returned to incarceration, 2007 Table 6 of Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007 Statistical Tables
	Spreadsheet (4 KB)
Adults on probation, by type of offense, 2007 Appendix Table 6 from Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007 - Statistical Tables
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Adults on probation, 2007 Table 2 of Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007 Statistical Tables
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Adults on parole, by gender, 2007 Appendix table 9 from Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007 Statistical Tables
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Adults leaving probation, by type of exit, 2007 Appendix Table 3 from Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007 - Statistical Tables
	Data Table (7 KB)
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007 - Statistical Tables Presents the number of persons on probation and parole at yearend 2007, by state, with percent changes in each state during the year.
	Press Release \| PDF (179K) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 41K)
Parole in 2006 (Appendix Tables) Appendix Tables for Parole in 2006 consisting of 11 spreadsheets and explanatory notes.
	Download CSV file (Zip format 39K)

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