Probation and Parole in the United States, 2008
December 1, 2009 This article was written by Lauren E. Glaze, statistician, BJS, and Thomas P. Bonczar, statistician, BJS. At yearend 2008, 5.09 million offenders were under community supervision - the equivalent of about 1 in every 45 adults in the United States. The community supervision population includes adults on probation and adults on parole. Probationers represented 84% of offenders under community supervision. Parolees accounted for 16% of this population. During 2008 the community supervision population grew 0.9%. Between 2000 and 2003 this population experienced its fastest rate of growth, growing at a rate three times faster than the . . .
