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This week--May 1, 2013
--Under-custody population: State and Federal prisoners and local jail inmates
--Juveniles (under 18) in State prisones
--Non-citizens in State prisones
--Prisoners held under military authorities
Last week--Apr. 24, 2013
--Arrests for drug abuse violations
--Marijuana seizures, eradications, and arrests
Apr. 18, 2013
--Total U.S. correctional population: adults under probation, jail, prison, and parole supervision
Apr. 10, 2013
--Aliens apprehended and deported
-- 40-year trend: Number of murders vs.death sentences vs.executions
--Executions in each State back to 1930: aggregate and trend
Apr. 4, 2013
--Prisoner population back to 1925
--25-year favorabilty rating of U.S. Supreme Court
--Background checks and reasons for rejection
--Laws to protect the environment
Mar. 28, 2013
--Law enforcement--total employees (civilian and sworn), sworn officers, percent male and female
--Murder victims by age, race, and sex
Mar. 20, 2013
FBI offenses known, murder and nonnegligent manslaughter:
--weapon use in murder offenses 40+ year trend, by region, and age of victim
--victim-offender relationship
--sex, race, and age of victim
--sex and race of victim vs. sex and race of offender
Mar. 13, 2013
FBI arrest data:
--age of persons arrested for all UCR offenses
--offenses cleared by arrest
--offenses cleared by arrest of persons under age 18
Mar. 7, 2013
Public attitudes toward:
--illegal immigration policies: main priority and importance of timely action
--the U.S. Supreme Court: overall opinion, trends
--legalization of marijuana, trend data and by age and political party
More on marijuana, immigration and the U.S. Supreme Court
Feb. 27, 2013
Public attitudes toward:
--dealing with illegal immigration, trend data and this year
--which is more important, protecting right to own guns or controlling gun ownership
More on guns and immigration
Feb. 20, 2013
Gun ownership rates--a 50-year trend
Public attitudes toward:
--better enforcement of current gun laws vs. creating new gun laws
--restricting handgun possession
--requiring background checks at gun shows and banning high-capacity clips
More on guns
Feb. 13, 2013
Beliefs about future acts of terrorism and nuclear terrorism
Opinions about civil liberties and terrorists
More on terrorism and public opinion
Feb. 6, 2013
Criminal aliens removed from the U.S.
See these data for earlier years
Jan. 31, 2013
Salaries of State court judges
See judges' salary data for earlier years
Jan. 24, 2013
Public opinion on the legality of abortion spanning nearly 40 years
And see how these opinions differ across demographic characteristics
Jan. 2, 2013
Parents and children reporting safety concerns at schools
Public attitudes toward the legality of gay and lesbian relations
Dec. 20, 2012
Public confidence in the:
police; criminal justice system; U.S. Supreme Court
Those above compared to other institutions
See more public confidence data
Dec. 13, 2012
Alcohol-related arrests in each State
Alcohol consumption by U.S. residents over 7 decades and in 2012
See more data on alcohol use
Dec. 4, 2012
Arrests by age group
Arrests for violent and property crime by region
Offenses cleared by arrest and cleared by arrest of persons under age 18
Nov. 29, 2012
Arrests by State for violent crimes: murder, rape, robbery, assault and property crimes: burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson
Arrests by State for earlier years
Nov. 8, 2012
Arrests for violent crime, property crime, and DWI are down for 2nd year in a row
Public confidence in the Federal judiciary including the U.S. Supreme Court has risen slightly
Nov. 1, 2012
Offenses known to police, number and rate of violent crime including murder, robbery, rape, and assault
and property crime including burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft
Oct. 25, 2012
2011 victimization data (NCVS):
Number and rates of violent crime including domestic violence
Number and rates of property crime
Oct. 18, 2012
Latest count of prisoners on death row in each State
More about prisoners under death sentence
Oct. 11, 2012
30-year trend showing U.S. citizen casualties resulting from international terrorism
Bank robberies and resulting casualities
Oct. 4, 2012
Cases of corruption by Federal, State, and local government officials
Approval ratings of the U.S. Supreme Court
May 30, 2012
Seizures of marijuana plants and operations by the DEA, including arrests, and seizures of weapons and assets
See this table for previous years
May 16, 2012
Jail inmates, trend data for:
May 2, 2012
18-year trend of criminal cases filed per judgeship in Federal district courts
15-year trend showing court-martial cases in each branch of the U.S. armed services
Apr. 18, 2012
50-year trend of deportable aliens (immigrants) located and removed from the U.S.
28-year trend of public attitudes toward the most important problems facing the country
Apr. 11, 2012
38-year trend of cases of public corruption
Juveniles in residential custody facilities: Trends, race and ethnicity, sex and age, and totals for each State
More on juvenile corrections and juvenile delinquency
Mar. 28, 2012
Law enforcement agencies and personnel: Total, local police, sheriffs' offices, State police, and special jurisdiction agencies
More on law enforcement
Mar. 14, 2012
State and Federal prisoners as of yearend 2010:
Total under custody population: State and Federal prisons and local jails
Prisoners housed in local jails and private correctional facilities
Mar. 7, 2012
State and Federal prisoners as of yearend 2010:
Prisoners admitted and released
Feb. 22, 2012
Prisoners executed by race and offense
Number of death sentences imposed in a given year and outcomes of those sentences
Feb. 15, 2012
Death row:
Number serving capital sentence
Hispanics and females on death row
Trends and more capital punishment data
Latest criminal victimization estimates trends, violent crime, property crime, and victim-offender relationship
Jan. 25, 2012
New Gallup Poll data on:
Honesty and ethical standards of police officers and lawyers; and compared to other professions
Attitudes toward gun laws generally and semi-automatic weapons (also called assault rifles)
Jan. 18, 2012
New Gallup Poll data on:
Beliefs about whether the death penalty acts as a deterrent to committment of murder
Perceptions about the drug problem in the Nation and in one's own area
Annual salaries of Federal judges
Jan. 11, 2012
New Gallup Poll data on:
General attitudes toward the death penalty and the fairness of it's application
Respondents reporting fear of walking alone at night and concerns about selected crimes
Perceptions about level of crime in the U.S. and in one's own neighborhood
Concerns about becoming a victim of terrorism and one's child being victimized at school
Jan. 4, 2012
New Gallup Poll data on:
Gun ownership in the U.S.
Public attitudes toward gun control laws
Support for legalization of marijuana