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Bureau of Justice Statistics

Crime & Justice Electronic Data Abstracts

Key Crime & Justice Facts at a Glance

Crime trends
Trends in Federal investigations and prosecutions
Trends in felony convictions in State courts
Corrections trends including Capital punishment trends
Expenditure trends

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	Crime trends To more on crime and victims
		Serious violent crime levels declined since 1993. Additional facts and graphics about violent crimes including homicide, rape, robbery, and assault and the involvement of juveniles in violent crime
		Property crime declined through 2002 and stabilized in 2003. Additional facts and graphics about the property crimes including burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft
		Violent crime rates declined for both males and females since 1994. Rates for males and females have been getting closer in recent years. Additional facts and graphics about the characteristics of crime victims
		Firearm-related crime has plummeted since 1993. Additional facts and graphics about firearms related crime
		The estimated number of arrests for drug abuse violations decreased slightly from 2001 to 2002.
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	Trends in Federal investigations and prosecutions To more on Federal justice statistics
		The proportion of those convicted in Federal court who are sentenced to prison has been increasing.
		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 courts To more on criminal sentencing
		About 924,700 adults were convicted of a felony in State courts in 2000.
		Of the felons convicted in State court, over two thirds were sentenced to prison or jail in 2000.
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	Correctional trends To more on corrections
		The number of adults in the correctional population has been increasing. Additional facts and graphics about correctional populations by gender and race
		Over half of the increase in the prison population since 1995 is due to an increase in the prisoners convicted of violent offenses.
		After dramatic increases in the 1980s and 1990s, the incarceration rate has recently leveled off.
		The number of prisoners under sentence of death at yearend 2002 decreased for the second consecutive year.
		Since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976, more than half of those under sentence of death have been white.
		In 2003, 65 inmates were executed, 6 fewer than in 2002.
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	Expenditure trends To more on expenditure and employment
		Direct expenditure for each of the major criminal justice functions (police, corrections, judicial) has been increasing.
		States spend more on criminal justice than municipalities, counties, or the Federal government.