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The South > Alabama > Crime

ALABAMIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Arson deaths 0 [43rd of 49]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 24 [3rd of 32]
Source: US Fire Administration, 2001
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 6 [18th of 32]
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 16.2 [10th of 51]
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 23.3 % [34th of 49]
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 22.6 % [27th of 49]
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
Lynchings > Black 299 [5th of 44]
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
Lynchings > Total 347 [5th of 44]
Source: UMKC School of Law
Lynchings > White 48 [10th of 44]
Source: UMKC School of Law
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 25,887 [16th of 50]
Source: UMKC School of Law
Robbery 7,059 [19th of 51]
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 1,645 [11th of 44]
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 244 [27th of 50]
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 172 [9th of 50]
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 1 [22nd of 50]
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 2 [36th of 50]
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.
Stop and Identify statutes > States with "Stop and Identify" statutes Ala. Code §15-5-30
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 4 [15th of 40]
Source: Wikipedia: Stop and Identify statutes
Violent crime 19,557 [22nd of 51]
Source: September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 1,748 [16th of 50]
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics

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SOURCES: US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; statehealthfacts.org; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; Wikipedia: Stop and Identify statutes ; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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