What percentage of public employees are devoted to criminal justice at the state and local levels, and by which functions? In 2006, about 13% (or 2.2 million persons) of all public employees at the state and local levels worked in the criminal justice field. About 45% of the justice employees working at the state and local levels were in police protection, 20% worked in judicial and legal capacities, and 35% worked in corrections. |
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