Tag: Crime
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Prison Population
State and Federal Prison Population The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the trends in U.S. prison inmate populations and operating and capital costs since 1980, including projections for 2000 and beyond and the reasons for the trends and the models and methodologies used by federal and state corrections agencies and nongovernmental forecasting organizations to…
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Time Served
Time Served vs. Sentences Note: another paper on the subject is “Prison Sentences and Time Served for Violence”, by LA Greenfeld . Truth In Sentencing In State Prisons Paula M. Ditton, Doris James Wilson, Bureau of Justice Statistics, January 10, 1999 Describes the development and use of truth-in-sentencing (TIS) laws and presents data on the…
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Time Served
Time Served vs. Sentences Note: another paper on the subject is “Prison Sentences and Time Served for Violence”, by LA Greenfeld . Truth In Sentencing In State Prisons Paula M. Ditton, Doris James Wilson, Bureau of Justice Statistics, January 10, 1999 Describes the development and use of truth-in-sentencing (TIS) laws and presents data on the…
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Law Enforcement Officers
Law Enforcement Officers Law Enforcement Officers in the United States A total of 12,656 law enforcement agencies provided data on the number of full-time law enforcement employees (sworn officers and civilian personnel) on staff in 2014. Nationwide, the rate of sworn officers was 2.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. The rate of full-time law enforcement employees (civilian…
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Criminal Victimization
Criminal Victimization Criminal Victimization in the United States Summary findings In 2007, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced approximately 23 million crimes, according to findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey. — 76% (17.5 million) were property crimes — 23% (5.2 million) were crimes of violence — 1% (194,100) were personal thefts In 2007,…
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation Created in 1908, this is a list of directors and their date when assumed office:
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation Created in 1908, this is a list of directors and their date when assumed office:
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Crime
Measuring Crime in the United States This two-page Department of Justice statement describes the purposes and advantages of the Uniform Crime Reports of the FBI and the National Crime Victimization Survey of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. After summarizing the collection methods that the two statistical programs use and highlighting the aspects of crime that…
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Crime
Measuring Crime in the United States This two-page Department of Justice statement describes the purposes and advantages of the Uniform Crime Reports of the FBI and the National Crime Victimization Survey of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. After summarizing the collection methods that the two statistical programs use and highlighting the aspects of crime that…