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May 9, 2008 - tables added or updated on the following topics
Seizures of marijuana operations; duties performed by magistrate judges, antitrust cases, and prisoner petitions in U.S. District Courts; and activities of the U.S. Supreme Court.
April 30, 2008 revision
Petit and grand jurors in U.S. District Courts, investigative reports by Federal probation officers, and criminal cases and defendants disposed of in U.S. District Courts.
April 24, 2008 revision
Students' perceptions of harmfulness of drug and alcohol use, and safety at school; students reporting problem behaviors and delinquency and victimization experiences at school.
April 17, 2008 revision
Federal drug control funding and military justice statistics.
April 10, 2008 revision
Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes and fatalities, motor vehicle thefts, and drug and alcoholism treatment facilities and clients.
April 1, 2008 revision
Workload, budget, and staff of the U.S. Marshals Service, background checks for firearm transfers, and public opinion of the honesty and ethical standards of various occupations, including lawyers, the police, and judges.
March 20, 2008 revision
Felony criminal cases filed per judgeship in U.S. District Courts, and employees and average base starting salaries of campus law enforcement agencies.
March 13, 2008 revision
Firearm-related homicide and suicide.
March 5, 2008 revision
Students reporting fear of victimization; reported victimization against students, hate-related behavior, and gangs at school; prisoners under sentence of death; methods of execution; and prisoners executed.
February 28, 2008 revision
Violent victimization, victim-offender relationship in violent victimization, and property victimization, and prisoners executed in 2007.
February 21, 2008 revision
Federal and State prisoners, ICE detainees, and military correctional facilities.
February 14, 2008 revision
Adults under correctional and community supervision in the U.S.
February 7, 2008 revision
The death penalty, guns, and the drug problem.
January 31, 2008 revision
Fear of crime, perceptions of crime and safety in the U.S. and own neighborhood, and law enforcement officers killed and assaulted.
January 24, 2008 revision
Nonfatal intimate partner violence and public opinion on social issues.
January 16, 2008 revision
Students' perceptions of safety at school and harmfulness of drug and alcohol use; students reporting problem behaviors and delinquency, victimization experiences at school, and drug and alcohol use. These tables are from PRIDE Surveys.
January 10, 2008 revision
Arrests in 2006, by size of place and characteristics of arrestees; offenses cleared by arrest; juveniles taken into police custody; and arrests for alcohol and drug offenses.
December 21, 2007 revision
Arrests in 2006 by age and State.
December 13, 2007 revision
Offenses know to police by State, number and rate of arrests in the U.S., and arrest rates for violent and property crimes.
December 6, 2007 revision
2006 offenses known to police.
November 29, 2007 revision
Number of full-time law enforcement employees and households experiencing identity theft.
November 21, 2007 revision
Judicial salaries and hate crimes.
November 15, 2007 revision
Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities and terrorism.
November 8, 2007 revision
Deaths among State and Federal prisoners and State and Federal prisoners with HIV/AIDs.
November 1, 2007 - revision
In U.S. District Courts: antitrust cases; cases filed, terminated, and pending; defendants disposed; drug law violaters; and defendants sentenced.
October 25, 2007 revision
Duties performed by magistrate judges, investigative reports by Federal probation officers, juror utilization, fire loss in the U.S. in 2006, activities of the U.S. Supreme Court, and persons under supervision of the Federal Probation System.
October 18, 2007 revision
Attitudes toward the biggest problems facing public schools and sexual violence reported by correctional authorities.
October 11, 2007 revision
Characteristics of Presidential appointees to Federal courts and public opinion about the U.S. Supreme Court, laws to protect the environment, and terrorism issues.
October 5, 2007 revision
Personal and property victimization, and abuse of public office cases.
September 28, 2007 revision
Personal victimization and deaths of jail inmates, State prisoners, and juveniles in custody.
September 20, 2007 revision
Attitudes toward the legal drinking age and penalties for underage drinking, alcohol use, and felony convictions and sentences in State courts.
September 13, 2007 revision
Honesty and ethical standards of various occupations and alcohol-related arrests.
August 23, 2007 revision
Public confidence in police, approaches to lowering the crime rate, perceptions of crime and safety, fear of crime, the death penalty, and gun ownership.
August 16, 2007 revision
State and local law enforcement agencies and employees, sheriffs' offices, special jurisdiction law enforcement agencies, law enforcement officers feloniously killed, personnel and work hours of U.S. attorneys' offices, value of asset forfeiture recoveries by U.S. attorneys, U.S. attorneys' cases in U.S. District Courts, and defendants in U.S. Magistrate Courts.
August 8, 2007 revision
August 2, 2007 revision
Attitudes toward the most important problem facing the country, requests for witness immunity by Federal prosecutors, and executive clemency.