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Table 2.2. Disposition of suspects in matters concluded, by offense, October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005
| Most serious offense investigated |
Number |
Percent of suspects in criminal matters concluded |
|
| Prosecuted in U.S. district court |
Disposed by U.S. magistrates |
Declined |
|
| All offensesa |
143,640 |
|
59.7 |
% |
19.5 |
% |
20.7 |
% |
| Violent offenses |
5,485 |
|
58.2 |
% |
8.1 |
% |
33.7 |
% |
| |
Murderb |
680 |
|
49.9 |
|
8.5 |
|
41.6 |
|
| |
Assault |
1,535 |
|
50.7 |
|
13.4 |
|
36.0 |
|
| |
Robbery |
2,131 |
|
76.0 |
|
5.8 |
|
18.2 |
|
| |
Sexual abuseb |
646 |
|
44.0 |
|
2.8 |
|
53.3 |
|
| |
Kidnapping |
273 |
|
45.1 |
|
10.6 |
|
44.3 |
|
| |
Threats against the President |
220 |
|
20.9 |
|
6.4 |
|
72.7 |
|
| Property offenses |
25,570 |
|
54.3 |
% |
7.9 |
% |
37.8 |
% |
| |
Fraudulent |
23,052 |
|
54.4 |
% |
7.8 |
% |
37.8 |
% |
| |
|
Embezzlement |
3,480 |
|
46.1 |
|
19.0 |
|
34.9 |
|
| |
|
Fraudb |
17,816 |
|
55.0 |
|
5.8 |
|
39.2 |
|
| |
|
Forgery |
1,273 |
|
66.5 |
|
5.2 |
|
28.3 |
|
| |
|
Counterfeiting |
483 |
|
60.2 |
|
6.4 |
|
33.3 |
|
| |
Other |
2,518 |
|
53.6 |
% |
9.3 |
% |
37.1 |
% |
| |
|
Burglary |
25 |
|
84.0 |
|
0.0 |
|
16.0 |
|
| |
|
Larcenyb |
1,092 |
|
60.4 |
|
10.2 |
|
29.4 |
|
| |
|
Motor vehicle theft |
404 |
|
52.7 |
|
8.4 |
|
38.9 |
|
| |
|
Arson and explosives |
690 |
|
43.8 |
|
3.6 |
|
52.6 |
|
| |
|
Transportation of stolen property |
55 |
|
54.5 |
|
5.5 |
|
40.0 |
|
| |
|
Other property offensesb |
252 |
|
49.2 |
|
23.8 |
|
27 |
|
| Drug offenses |
40,038 |
|
77.1 |
% |
9.0 |
% |
13.9 |
% |
| Public-order offenses |
21,583 |
|
41.3 |
% |
20.8 |
% |
37.9 |
% |
| |
Regulatory |
5,037 |
|
34.0 |
% |
9.3 |
% |
56.7 |
% |
| |
|
Agriculture |
14 |
|
85.7 |
|
0.0 |
|
14.3 |
|
| |
|
Antitrust |
47 |
|
40.4 |
|
2.1 |
|
57.4 |
|
| |
|
Food and drug |
188 |
|
48.4 |
|
6.4 |
|
45.2 |
|
| |
|
Transportation |
310 |
|
45.8 |
|
14.5 |
|
39.7 |
|
| |
|
Civil rights |
1,276 |
|
6.0 |
|
0.5 |
|
93.5 |
|
| |
|
Communications |
48 |
|
22.9 |
|
4.2 |
|
72.9 |
|
| |
|
Custom laws |
171 |
|
49.7 |
|
6.4 |
|
43.9 |
|
| |
|
Postal laws |
166 |
|
50.6 |
|
28.9 |
|
20.5 |
|
| |
|
Other regulatory offenses |
2,817 |
|
42.3 |
|
12.2 |
|
45.5 |
|
| |
Other |
16,546 |
|
43.5 |
% |
24.3 |
% |
32.2 |
% |
| |
|
Tax law violationsb |
951 |
|
65.1 |
|
2.2 |
|
32.7 |
|
| |
|
Bribery |
266 |
|
49.6 |
|
3.0 |
|
47.4 |
|
| |
|
Perjury, contempt, and intimidation |
497 |
|
46.9 |
|
9.1 |
|
44.1 |
|
| |
|
National defense |
585 |
|
29.6 |
|
16.9 |
|
53.5 |
|
| |
|
Escape |
2,352 |
|
37.0 |
|
40.8 |
|
22.2 |
|
| |
|
Racketeering and extortion |
3,683 |
|
52.3 |
|
5.1 |
|
42.6 |
|
| |
|
Nonviolent sex offenses |
3,028 |
|
54.5 |
|
3.7 |
|
41.8 |
|
| |
|
Gambling |
166 |
|
44.0 |
|
0.6 |
|
55.4 |
|
| |
|
Liquor offenses |
19 |
|
26.3 |
|
42.1 |
|
31.6 |
|
| |
|
Obscene materialb |
36 |
|
33.3 |
|
2.8 |
|
63.9 |
|
| |
|
Traffic |
212 |
|
18.4 |
|
81.6 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Wildlife |
514 |
|
41.2 |
|
29.2 |
|
29.6 |
|
| |
|
Environmental |
10 |
|
^ |
|
^ |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and jurisdictional offenses |
3,160 |
|
27.2 |
|
67.7 |
|
5.2 |
|
| |
|
All other offensesb |
1,067 |
|
37.2 |
|
10.2 |
|
52.6 |
|
| Weapon offenses |
13,689 |
|
70.0 |
% |
3.3 |
% |
26.7 |
% |
| Immigration offenses |
36,559 |
|
52.2 |
% |
46.3 |
% |
1.5 |
% |
|
aIncludes 716 suspects for whom an offense category could not be
determined. These include 300 prosecuted in U.S. district court, 135
disposed by U.S. magistrates, and 281 that were declined.
bIn this table "Murder" includes nonnegligent manslaughter; "Sexual abuse"
includes only violent sex offenses; "Fraud" excludes tax fraud; "Larceny"
excludes transportation of stolen property; "Other property offenses"
excludes fraudulent property offenses and includes destruction of property
and trespassing; "Tax law violations" includes tax fraud; "Obscene material"
denotes the mail or transport thereof; and "All other offenses" includes
offenses with unclassifiable offense type.
^Too few cases to obtain statistically reliable data. |
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Source: Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, National LIONS system file.
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