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Key Crime & Justice Facts at a Glance
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Crime trends |
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Serious violent crime |
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Serious violent crime levels declined since 1993. | ||||
Property crime rates |
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Property crime rates continue to decline. | |||
Gender of violent crime victims |
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Violent crime rates declined for both males and females since 1994. |
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Firearm-related crime |
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Firearm-related crime has plummeted since 1993, then slightly increased in 2005. |
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Drug arrests |
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The estimated number of arrests for drug abuse violations for adults has been increasing, while the number for juveniles stabilized. | |||
Reporting to the
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The percentage of crimes reported to the
police has been increasing. |
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Trends in Federal investigations and prosecutionsSee also Federal justice statistics |
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Outcomes of Federal
court cases |
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The proportion of those convicted in Federal court who are sentenced to prison has been increasing. |
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Federal court cases
by offense type |
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Of cases concluded in Federal district court since 1989, drug cases have increased at the greatest rate. |
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Trends in Felony convictions in State courtsSee also Criminal sentencing |
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Convictions in
State courts |
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The number of adults convicted of a felony in State courts has been increasing. |
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Sentences in State
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Over two thirds of the felons convicted in State courts were sentenced to prison or jail. |
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Correctional trends |
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Correctional populations |
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The number of adults in the correctional population has been increasing. | |||
Prison population
by conviction offense |
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Prisoners convicted of a violent offense make up over half of the prison population |
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Incarceration rate |
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After sharp increases in the 1980s and 1990s, the incarceration rate has recently grown at a slower pace. | |||
Prisoners
under sentence of death |
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The number of prisoners under sentence of death decreased for the sixth consecutive year in 2006. |
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Prisoners
under sentence of death by race |
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Since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976, more than half of those under sentence of death have been white. |
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Executions |
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In 2007, 42 inmates were executed, 11 fewer than in 2006. | |||
Suicide and homicide rates |
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Suicide and homicide rates in State prisons and jails declined. | |||
Expenditure trendsSee also Expenditure and employment |
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Expenditure by
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Direct expenditure for each of the major criminal justice functions (police, corrections, judicial) has been increasing. | |||
Expenditure by level of government |
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Local governments spend more on criminal justice than State governments or the Federal government.
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Civil justice trendsSee also Civil justice |
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Tort
cases filed in 15 States |
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The number of tort cases filed in 15 States increased through 1996, than decreased but has stabilized recently.
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Tort cases concluded
by trial in U.S. district courts |
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Since its peak in 1985, the number of tort trials terminated in U.S. district courts declined. |
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