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Key Crime & Justice Facts at a Glance
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Serious violent crime levels declined since 1993. | ||
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Property crime declined through 2002 and stabilized in 2003. | |
Violent crime rates declined for both males
and females since 1994. Rates for males and females have been getting closer
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Firearm-related crime has plummeted since 1993. |
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The estimated number of arrests for drug abuse violations decreased slightly from 2001 to 2002. | |
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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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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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The number of adults in the correctional population has been increasing. | |
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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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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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