• Criminal justice characteristics
• Public opinion
• Crime, victims
• Arrests, seizures
• Courts, prosecution, sentencing
• Parole, jails, prisons, death penalty

Did you know:

In a poll conducted a few days after the Newtown, Connecticut shooting the percentage of parents reporting (33%) that they fear for thier child's safety at school was sharply lower than after the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School (49%).

Focus on:  Guns

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