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Appendix D
KEY FACTS ON CRIME AND JUSTICE
The homicide rate doubled from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s. In 1980, it peaked at 10.2 per 100,000 population and subsequently fell off to 7.9 per 100,000 in 1985. It rose again in the late 1980s and early 1990s to another peak in 1991 of 9.8 per 100,000. Since then, the rate has declined sharply, reaching 6.3 per 100,000 by 1998. Homicide rates recently declined to levels last seen in the late 1960s.
Figure 4
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, Crime in the United States, 1950-98
The rise in teen involvement in homicide as both victims and offenders beginning in the mid 1980s was dramatic. Since 1993, victimization and offending rates have declined but remain higher than the levels of the mid 1980s.
Figure 5
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Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-98
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Offending rates for teenagers and young adults increased dramatically in the late 1980s while rates for older age groups declined.
Figure 6
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Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-98
Since 1993, the number of crimes committed with firearms has declined, falling to levels last experienced in the mid 1980s. Crimes include the FBI's Uniform Crime Report index offenses of murder, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Figure 7
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Source: FBI, The Uniform Crime Reports, Crime in the United States, 1973-98
Federal, state, and local agencies share responsibility for enforcing the nation's drug laws, although most arrests are made by state and local authorities. In 1998 the FBI UCR estimated that there were 1,559,100 state and local arrests for drug abuse violations in the United States.
Figure 8
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Source: FBI, The Uniform Crime Reports,
Crime in the United States,
1980-98
The proportion of those convicted in federal court who are sentenced to prison has been increasing.
Figure 9
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Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics,
and
Federal
Criminal Case Processing, 1998 with Trends 1982-98
Of cases concluded in federal district court in every year since 1989, there have been more drug cases than other types of cases.
Figure 10
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Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics,
and
Federal
Criminal Case Processing, 1998 with Trends 1982-98
Since 1988, the number of felons convicted in state court grew by an average of 5% annually. Almost 1 million adults were convicted of a felony in state courts in 1996.
Figure 11
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Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Felony Sentences in State Courts, 1996
Of the felons convicted in state court, over two thirds were sentenced to prison or jail in 1996.
Figure 12
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Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Felony Sentences in State Courts, 1996
Over 40% of the increase in the state prison population since 1980 is due to an increase in the prisoners convicted of violent offenses.
Figure 13
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Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Correctional Populations in the United States, 1996
The incarceration rate has more than tripled since 1980.
Figure 14
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Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Note: Number of sentenced inmates incarcerated under state
Correctional Populations in the United States, 1996
and
federal jurisdiction per 100,000, 1980-96.
In 1999, 98 inmates were executed, more than in any other year since the early 1950s.
Figure 15
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Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment,1998
