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Center for the Study of Law and Society collection of California prison case files and prisoner admissions data set, 1912-1991
(bulk 1912-1951)
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Center for the Study of Law and Society collection of California prison case files and prisoner admissions data set, 1912-1991 (bulk 1912-1951)California prison records
Creator/Contributor:
University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Law and Society,, creator, collector.Creator/Contributor:
Messinger, Sheldon L., creator.Creator/Contributor:
Berecochea, John E., creator.Abstract:
The collection consists of ninety-five cartons of prisoner case files, acquired by the UC Berkeley Law School's Center for
the Study of Law and Society from the California Department of Corrections in 1978-1979 and transferred to The Bancroft Library
in 1991. The case files include records for prisoners in San Quentin, Folsom, and the California Institution for Women (at
Tehachapi) penitentiaries. They are sequentially arranged by case number. The collection also includes photocopies of minutes
of the meeting of the Board of Trustees, California Institution for Women, Tehachapi, circa 1929-1951 and a statistical analysis
entitled, "California Long-Term Prison Study," which was run in 1980 at University of California, Santa Barbara.
The collection also includes the digital files and the analog codebook for a data set created by noted UC Berkeley criminologists
Sheldon L. Messinger and John E. Berecochea. The data set, entitled New Admissions to California Prisons, is based on the
information in these prisoner case files as well as in state prison registers. The code book shows the frequencies of the
over 200 variables recorded in the data sample.
Date:
1912 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPrisoners -- California
Women prisoners -- California
Data sets
Prisonniers -- Californie
Prisonnières -- Californie
Jeux de données
Data sets
Prisoners
Women prisoners
California
California State Prison at San Quentin -- Archives
Folsom Prison -- Archives
California Institution for Women (Tehachapi, Calif.) -- Archives
California Institution for Women (Tehachapi, Calif.)
California State Prison at San Quentin
Folsom Prison
Note:
CARTON 1-95, OVERSIZE BOX 1: UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to
The Bancroft Library via a Special Collections Request link.
DIGITAL MATERIALS: AVAILABLE BY REQUEST. Once the request has been processed, researchers will be provided with instructions
to view digital materials.
PARTIALLY RESTRICTED COLLECTION: Prisoner case files in carton 1-95 are restricted until 2030.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.
This set of case files seems to consist of files not transferred by the Department of Corrections to the California State
Archives for permanent retention. The State Archives sampled California prison case files and, for the date span listed, retained
only those files created on decade years (1920, 1930, etc.) and no files created between decade years. The files not selected
for retention by the State Archives appear to have been sent to the UC Berkeley School of Law by the Department of Corrections
for preservation. Documentation of this transfer of records from the Department of Corrections to the UC Berkeley Law School
has not been located.
Transferred from the University of California Berkeley School of Law; September 1991.
Center for the Study of Law and Society collection of California prison case files and prisoner admissions data set, BANC
MSS 92/89 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Born digital.Archives
Physical Description:
print
119.15 (95 1 1
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Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
CARTON 1-95, OVERSIZE BOX 1: UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to
The Bancroft Library via a Special Collections Request link.
DIGITAL MATERIALS: AVAILABLE BY REQUEST. Once the request has been processed, researchers will be provided with instructions
to view digital materials.
PARTIALLY RESTRICTED COLLECTION: Prisoner case files in carton 1-95 are restricted until 2030.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.