[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59577-59578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29465]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Justice Programs Office
Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection Under Review: the Parole Data
Survey and the Probation Data Survey.
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The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments
from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will
be accepted for sixty days from the date listed at the top of this page
in the Federal Register. This process is in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Request written comments and suggestions from the public and
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information.
Your comments should address one or more of the following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency; including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g. permitting electronic
submission of responses.
If you have additional comments, suggestions, or additional
information, especially regarding the estimated public burden and
associated response time, please write to Dr. Jan M. Chaiken, Director,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St. NW, Washington, D.C.
20531. If you need a copy of the collection instruments with
instructions, or have additional information, please contact Tom
Bonczar at (202) 616-3615, or via facsimile at (202) 307-1463.
Overview of this information collection
(1) Type of information collection: Revision of currently approved
collection.
(2) The title of the Form/Collection: The Parole Data Survey and
the Probation Data Survey.
(3) The agency form number and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection: Forms: CJ-7; and CJ-8.
Corrections Statistics, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice
Programs, United States Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked to respond, as well as a
brief abstract: Primary: State Departments of Corrections or State
probation and Parole authority. Others: The Federal Bureau of Prisons,
city and county courts and probation offices for which a central
reporting authority does not exist. For the CJ-7 form, 54 central
reporters (two State jurisdictions in California and one each from the
remaining States, the District of Columbia, the Federal Bureau of
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Prisons, and one local authority) responsible for keeping records on
parolees will be asked to provide information for the following
categories:
(a) As of January 1, 1999 and December 31, 1999, the number of
adult parolees under their jurisdiction;
(b) The number of adults entering parole during 1999 through
discretionary release from prison, mandatory release from prison, or
reinstatement of parole;
(c) The number of adults released from parole during 1999 through
successful completion, incarceration, transfers to another parole
jurisdiction, or death;
(d) As of December 31, 1999, the number of male and female parolees
under their jurisdiction;
(e) As of December 31, 1999, the number of white, black, American
Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, or other adult
parolees, and the number of adult parolees of Hispanic origin under
their jurisdiction;
(f) As of December 31, 1999, the number of adult parolees under
their jurisdiction with a sentence of more than one year, or a year or
less;
(g) As of December 31, 1999, the number of adult parolees under
their jurisdiction who were active, inactive, absconders, or supervised
out of state;
(h) Whether the parolee authority operated an intensive supervision
program, a program involving electronic monitoring, or had any parolees
enrolled in a program that approximates a bootcamp, and the number of
adult parolees in each of the programs as of December 31, 1999; and
(i) Whether the parolee authority supervised any parolees from
local jails as of December 31, 1999.
For the CJ-8 form 271 reporters (one from each State, the District
of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and 219 from local
authorities) responsible for keeping records on inmates will be asked
to provide information for the following categories:
(a) As of January 1, 1999 and December 31, 1999, the number of
adult probationers under their jurisdiction;
(b) The number of adults entering probation during 1999 with and
without a sentence to incarceration;
(c) The number of adults released from probation during 1999
through successful completion, incarceration, and death;
(d) As of December 31, 1999, the number of male and female
probationers under their jurisdiction;
(e) As of December 31, 1999, the number of white, black, American
Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, or other adult
probationers, and the number of adult probationers of Hispanic origin
under their jurisdiction;
(f) As of December 31, 1999, the number of adult probationers under
their jurisdiction who were sentenced for a felony, misdemeanor, or
driving while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol;
(g) As of December 31, 1999, the number of adult probationers under
their jurisdiction who had entered probation with a suspended sentence
to incarceration, a suspended imposition of sentence, a direct sentence
to probation, or a split sentence to probation;
(h) As of December 31, 1999, the number of adult probationers under
their jurisdiction who were active; inactive, absconders, or supervised
out of state; and
(i) Whether the probation authority operated an intensive
supervision program, a program involving electronic monitoring, or had
any probationers enrolled in a program that approximates a bootcamp,
and the number of adult probationers in each of the programs as of
December 31, 1999.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics uses this information in published
reports and for the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the President,
practitioners, researchers, students, the media, and others interested
in criminal justice statistics.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time needed for an average respondent to respond: Three hundred and
twenty-five respondents each taking an average 1.5 hours to respond.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 488 annual burden hours.
If additional information is required, contact: Mr. Robert B.
Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division,
Suite 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: October 29, 1998.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
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