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July 2, 2009 - tables added and updated on the following topics
Law enforcement officers killed and suicide.
June 25, 2009 revision
Workload of the U.S. Marshals Service, executive clemency applications, prison inmates, prisoners under age 18, and noncitizens in prisons.
June 18, 2009 revision
High school students reporting delinquent and risk behaviors, drug, alcohol, and cigarette use, and victimization on school property; prisoners under sentence of death; and prisoners executed.
June 11, 2009 revision
Public opinion on school safety concerns and a variety of social issues.
June 4, 2009 revision
U.S. attorneys: personnel and work hours, value of asset forfeiture recoveries, grand jury proceedings, and cases filed and disposed of by U.S. attorneys; abuse of public office cases; and courts-martial cases of the U.S. armed forces.
May 28, 2009 revision
U.S. Sentencing Commission guidelines cases and drug law violators.
May 21, 2009 revision
Felony criminal cases filed and court-authorized wiretaps.
May 14, 2009 revision
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State and Federal correctional facilities, prisoners housed in local jails and private facilities, female prisoners, and sentenced prisoners admitted and released.
May 7, 2009 revision
Prisoners in jails, and under the jurisdiction of State and Federal correctional authorities and military authorities.
April 30, 2009 revision
Offenses cleared by arrest, juveniles taken into police custody, and drug and alcoholism treatment facilities and clients.
April 23, 2009 revision
Motor vehicle registrations and thefts, and arrests in cities, suburban areas, and nonmetropolitan counties.
April 2, 2009 revision
Public confidence in selected institutions and honesty and ethical standards of various occupations.
March 26, 2009 revision
Number and rate of arrests, by age, race, sex, State; alcohol-related arrests; drug-related arrests; and seizures made under the Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program.
March 19, 2009 revision
Number and rate of arrests, arrests by offense charged, arrests for violent crime, and arrests for property crime.
March 12, 2009 revision
Law enforcement personnel, and financial institution fraud and failure.
March 5, 2009 revision
Aggravated assaults, arsons, burglaries, larceny-thefts, and robberies known to the police.
February 26, 2009 revision
Average loss incurred for selected offenses, murder, and murder victims and offenders.
February 19, 2009 revision
Offenses known to the police in 2007 by State.
February 12, 2009 revision
Fear of victimization from terrorism and estimated number and rate of offenses known to the police.
February 5, 2009 revision
Violent, personal, and property victimizations and victim-offender relationship in violent victimization.
January 29, 2009 revision
Murders, death sentences, and execution trends, prisoners under sentence of death, Hispanic and female prisoners under sentence of death, prisoners executed, and methods of execution.
January 15, 2009 revision
Attitudes toward gun control and gun ownership.
January 8, 2009 revision
Attitudes toward fear of crime, level of crime, and the death penalty.
December 17, 2008 revision
Law enforcement and Federal officers assaulted.
December 4, 2008 revision
Law enforcement officers feloniously and accidentally killed, and persons identified in the killing of law enforcement officers.
November 26, 2008 revision
Violent victimization: victim-offender relationship, weapon use, self-protective measures used, number of offenders; property victimization; place of occurence of victimizations; reporting victimization to police; and jails and jail inmates in Indian country.
November 6, 2008 revision
Estimated number and rate of personal and property victimization, victims of personal victimization, and bias-motivated (hate) crimes.
October 23, 2008 revision
Reported alcohol use and alcohol as a problem; fire loss in the U.S. in 2007, including civilian fire deaths and value of property damage; and local jail deaths.
October 16, 2008 revision
Judicial salaries and juveniles in public and private residential custody facilities.
October 9, 2008 revision
Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities and staff in 2007.
October 2, 2008 revision
State and local justice system and police payroll and employment; attitudes toward the biggest problems facing public schools; and U.S. Supreme Court cases argued and decided.
September 25, 2008 revision
Number, expenditures, and salaries of police; workplace homicides; and executive clemency.
September 10, 2008 revision
State and local justice system expenditures, justice system employment and payroll, and witness immunity requests by Federal prosecutors.