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
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Serious violent crime levels continued to
decline in 1999.
Additional
facts and graphics about violent crimes including
homicide, rape, robbery, and assault and the involvement
of juveniles in violent crime and use of firearms
Property crime rates continue to decline.
Additional
facts and graphics about the property crimes including
burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft
Violent crime rates declined between 1998
and 1999. Rates for men and women are getting closer.
Additional
facts and graphics about the characteristics of crime
victims
The number of arrests for drug abuse
violations declined slightly from 1998 to 1999 for both
juveniles and adults.
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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.
Of cases concluded in Federal district
court in every year since 1989, there have been more
drug cases than other types of cases.
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Trends in Felony convictions in
State courts
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Almost 1 million adults were convicted of
a felony in State courts in 1996.
Of the felons convicted in State court,
over two thirds were sentenced to prison or jail in
1996.
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Correctional trends
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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 1990 is due to an increase in the
prisoners convicted of violent offenses.
The incarceration rate has more than
tripled since 1980.
The number of prisoners on death row has
been increasing.
Since the death penalty was reinstated by
the Supreme Court in 1976, white inmates have made up
the majority of those under sentence of death.
In 2000, 85 inmates were executed, 13%
fewer than in 1999.
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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.
States now spend more on criminal justice
than municipalities, counties, or the Federal
government.
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