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| The Nation’s Crime rate is lower than any time since 1985. Violent crimes such as murder, rape, robbery, and assault have dropped for the sixth straight year with the most dramatic decreases taking place in our major cities. Even though crime rates have fallen over the last few years, the rate of violent crime is four times greater than it was in the early 1960s. In 1960, this country experienced 160 violent crimes per 100,000 population. In 1996, there were 634 violent crimes per 100,000 population. In 1996, there were 9.4 million violent crimes in America. Only 1.6 million were reported to the police. The justice system imprisons barely one criminal for every 100 violent crimes. 10,900,000 million violent crimes committed in 1994 1,860,000 reported to the police 778,000 arrests 165,000 convictions 100,000 go to prison to serve 46% of their sentence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Rising Cost of Crime Based on a recent U.S. Justice Department Study, crime costs this nation $450 billion a year, amounting to $425 from the pocket of every person in this country. According to the latest figures by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the average annual spending per offender in State prison is $19,700. This figure is calculated by dividing the total spent on salaries, wages, supplies, and other current operating expenses by the average daily inmate population. Half or more of every prison dollar is now spent on prisoner medical services, education, "treatment programs," and other functions. Ninety-seven percent of all federal inmates and 91 percent of all state inmates participate in work, education, or other programs after admission to prison. Nearly half receive academic training. One third receive vocational training. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sentencing According to the Department of Justice, 94 percent of prison inmates have been convicted of a violent crime or are repeat offenders. The average sentence for a violent crime is 9.8 years. The average time served for a violent crime is 4.5 years, or 46 percent of the sentence. For all offenses, the average sentence is 5.9 years, the average time served 2.2 years or 38 percent of the sentence. Over 38 percent of convicted violent offenders do not go to prison. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recidivism Two-thirds of all individuals arrested for murder, rape, robbery, or assault in 1994 had a prior arrest, almost 40 percent had at least 5 prior arrests. In 1994, 38 percent of all individuals arrested for murder, rape, robbery, or assault were on probation, parole, or pretrial release at the time of their arrest. Fifty percent of robbery offenders were on probation, parole or pretrial release at the time of their arrest. About 16% of released violent felony defendants are rearrested again within the year, a quarter of them for another violent crime. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Juvenile Crime Statistics In 1995, Juveniles were responsible for a greater proportion of the Nation’s violent crime problem than in any other year in the previous 2 decades. In 1996, juvenile arrests for violent crime declined 6%. However, the number of juvenile arrests were still 60% higher than ten years ago. The juvenile arrest rate for murder has almost doubled in the last decade. In 1996, 2,172 juveniles were arrested for murder -- 1 every 4 hours each day. Half of all juveniles arrested for for murder, rape, robbery or aggravated assault receive no punishment at all. Only 10 percent of violent juvenile offenders receive any sort of institutional "placement." Juveniles who murder, rape, rob or assault will be back on the streets in an average of less than a year. For more national crime data look at these Web sites: http://www.ncjrs.org http://www.fbi.gov/publish.htm Return |
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