Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Review.

Individually, access the Bureau of Justice Statistics website, find a topic that interests you, and pull down the data for it. Be sure that you are utilizing an actual data set/data report and not just a summary. Share your data set with the team. As a team, consider the subjects and goals of each outcome of the data set you shared and those the other members shared.Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper explaining the data and the results. Your assessment should:Compare how the data was collected for each member’s topic.Explain how the data was analyzed and differences between team member’s topic.Provide the hypothesis of the research and the findings.It is a team exercise so I am only working on one part.My topic: Jail Inmates In 2018Zhen Zeng, Ph.D., BJS StatisticianMarch 31, 2020 NCJ 253044This report is the 32nd in a series that began in 1982. It provides statistics based on BJS’s Annual Survey of Jails and Census of Jail Inmates. It describes the number of inmates held in local jails, jail incarceration rates, demographic characteristics of jail inmates, number of admissions to jail, jail capacity, inmate turnover rates, and staff employed in local jails.Highlights:The jail incarceration rate decreased 12% from 2008 to 2018, from 258 to 226 inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents.In 2018, jails reported 10.7 million admissions, a 21% decline from 2008.In 2018, more than two-thirds (68%) of jail inmates were held for felony charges.The male jail inmate population decreased 9% from 2008 to 2018, while the female inmate population increased 15%.From 2008 to 2018, the jail incarceration rate increased by 12% for whites and decreased by about 30% for blacks (28%) and Hispanics (33%).