From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Thu Aug 01 2002 - 20:54:07 MDT
At 05:32 PM 8/1/02 -0700, Mike Lorrey provided:
>http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm
>On December 31, 2001,
>-- 1,962,220 prisoners were held in Federal or State
>prisons or in local jails
Okay, and elsewhere on that site
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/corrtyptab.htm
we learn that:
Number of persons in custody of State correctional authorities by most
serious offense, 1980-2000
Violent Property Drug Public order
2000 589,100 238,500 251,100 124,600
Violent offenses include murder, negligent and non-negligent
manslaughter,
rape, sexual assault, robbery, assault, extortion,
intimidation, criminal
endangerment, and other violent offenses.
Property offenses include burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft,
fraud, possession and selling of stolen property, destruction
of property,
trespassing, vandalism, criminal tampering, and other property
offenses.
Drug offenses include possession, manufacturing, trafficking,
and other drug offenses. [etc]
So violent crimes of all kinds comprise some 30% of occasions for
imprisonment, right? And drugs rather less than half that?
I couldn't find the sub-% for murder on a quick glance thru.
Damien Broderick
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