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