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ISSUE GUIDES: Crime

GET THE FACTS

  • Violent crime rate
  • Juvenile violent crime rate
  • Number of prisoners
  • Incarceration rate
  • Incarceration rate by state
  • Prison overcrowding
  • Inmates by type of offense
  • Felony convictions in state courts
  • Time served
  • Probation and parole by state
  • Recidivism rate of state prisoners
  • Death penalty
  • Executions
  • Young people more likely to be victims of violent crime
  • Juvenile violent crime rate victimization rate declines
  • Violent crime victimization rates, by race
  • Violent crime victimization rates, by locality
  • Firearm crime rate
  • Causes of firearm-related deaths
  • Violence-related firearm deaths
  • Violence-related firearm death rates by race
  • International homicide rates
  • State victims' rights amendments
  • Criminal background checks on gun applications