Incarceration Prevalence in the Four Corner States: 2010, 2015, and 2018

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Title

Incarceration Prevalence in the Four Corner States: 2010, 2015, and 2018

Subject

A look at incarceration rates in the four corner states. The maps show the years 2010, 2015, and 2018.

Description

3 maps showcasing incarceration prevalence. 1 map showcasing the zones around each prison/jail in relation to their respective counties. 1 map showcasing the statistical significance of the incarceration rates in each county.

Creator

James Jorrelle Moore

Source

Bureau, U. (2020, December 14). Tiger/line shapefiles. Retrieved March 29, 2021, from https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.2010.html
Bureau, U. (2020, December 14). Tiger/line shapefiles. Retrieved March 29, 2021, from https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.2015.html
Bureau, U. (2020, December 14). Tiger/line shapefiles. Retrieved March 29, 2021, from https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.2018.html
Hudson, K. (2020, August 07). Prison boundaries. Retrieved March 12, 2021, from https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/2d6109d4127d458eaf0958e4c5296b67_0?geometry=-141.689%2C-3.069%2C121.983%2C75.954
Incarceration trends. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2021, from http://trends.vera.org/incarceration-rates?data=localjail

Publisher

Website maintained by Chantel Sloan, Associate Professor in the Public Health Department at Brigham Young University

Date

Years 2010, 2015, and 2018

Contributor

James Jorrelle Moore

Rights

I have permission to use Mergent Intellect Data

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Generated through ArcGIS Pro

Coverage

The Collection shows the timelapse of incarceration rates for 3 different years in the four corner states. Along with this timelapse is a buffer region around prisons and jails, followed by a hotspot analysis of each county in 2018.

Collection Items

2010 Incarceration Rates in the Four Corner States
The map shows counties with their respective incarceration rates. The exception to the rule that urban areas have higher incarceration rates may be the Salt Lake region and the South Western Counties of New Mexico. Salt Lake has a lower prevalence of…

2015 Incarceration Rates in the Four Corner States
The map shows counties with their respective incarceration rates. There was a decrease in Incarceration rates overall from 2010 to 2015. This could be based on increasing population size or a decreased rate of incarceration.

2018 Incarceration Rates in the Four Corner States
The map shows counties with their respective incarceration rates. There was relatively no change in Incarceration rates overall from 2015 to 2018.

Prison/Jail Buffer of Prison Boundaries in 2018 in the 4 Corner States
The map is intended to show which prisons/jails would be contributors to the incarceration prevalence in the respective county. There are approximately seven prisons/jails that contribute to the highest incarceration rates in the four corner states.

Hotspot of Counties based on Incarceration Population in the Four Corner States
This map shows the correlation of the incarceration rates to their overall significance. It shows that there is a higher significance of Incarceration rates in the counties surrounding the city of Santa Rosa, New Mexico than almost all other hot…
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