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	NCJ Number:	NCJ 189369
	Title:	Firearm Use by Offenders: 1997 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities
	Series:	BJS Special Reports
	Author(s):	Caroline Wolf Harlow Ph.D.
	Corporate Author:	Bureau of Justice Statistics US Dept of Justice Office of Justice Programs United States
	Date Published:	11/2001
	Page Count:	16
	Sale Source:	NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States Justice Statistics Clearinghouse/NCJRS P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849 United States
	Document:	Text PDF
	Agency Summary:	Agency Summary
	Type:	Surveys
	Language:	English
	Country:	United States
	Annotation:	This document describes firearm use of State and Federal prison inmates.
	Abstract:	Data are from the Surveys of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities. These surveys of nationally-representatives samples of prison inmates in 1997 asked inmates about their use of firearms during their current offense. Topics of this BJS Special Report include types of firearms used, characteristics of inmates using firearms, why and where inmates used their firearms, and where they obtained their firearms. Highlights include the following: during the offense that brought them into prison, 15 percent of State inmates and 13 percent of Federal inmates carried a handgun, and about 2 percent, a military-style semiautomatic gun. On average, State inmates possessing a firearm received sentences of 18 years, while those without a weapon had an average sentence of 12 years. Among prisoners carrying a firearm during their crime, 40 percent of State inmates and 56 percent of Federal inmates received a sentence enhancement because of the firearm. Tables and glossary
	Main Term(s):	Violent crime statistics
	Index Term(s):	Weapon offenses ; Inmates ; Sentencing factors ; Firearm-crime relationships ; Weapon carrying
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