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The South > Mississippi > Crime

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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2003 5.2% [23rd of 0]
% High school students threatened or injured by a weapon, 2003 6.6% [26th of 0]
Aggravated assault 4,350 [36th of 51]
Arson deaths 0 [45th of 49]
Burglary 27,239 [27th of 51]
Capital offenses
Capital murder (97-3-19(2) MCA); aircraft piracy (97-25-55(1) MCA).
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 36 [12th of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 0 [28th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Latino inmates on death row 0 [25th of 26]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 2 [23rd of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 8 [19th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 162 [11th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 69 [14th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 32 [13th of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 17.3 [6th of 51]
Forcible rape 1,000 [33rd of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 70.9 [9th of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 12.6 [31st of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 16.6 [43rd of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 227 [22nd of 50]
Hate Crimes > Total number 0 [50th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 214 [20th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 1.9% [42nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 22.4% [29th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 22.4% [39th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 31.1% [8th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 10.6% [17th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 7.5% [10th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 3.7% [38th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 16.1% [1st of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 52.8% [8th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0.6% [19th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 1.2% [26th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 68.9% [6th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 1.9% [24th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 29.2% [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 23.9 % [33rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 75.5 % [20th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 63.6 % [23rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 15.2 % [21st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 21.2 % [32nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 8.7% [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 20.5% [41st of 49]
Larceny-theft 57,807 [34th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 539 [1st of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 184.52 per 1 million people [1st of 44]
Lynchings > Total 581 [1st of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 198.898 per 1 million people [1st of 44]
Lynchings > White 42 [12th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 14.378 per 1 million people [10th of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 8,347 [33rd of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 223 [22nd of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 20,983 [23rd of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 7.183 per 1,000 people [4th of 50]
Property crime total 93,393 [32nd of 51]
Robbery 3,118 [31st of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 4,624 [6th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 1,582.972 per 1 million people [2nd of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 4,744 [4th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 162.405 per 100,000 people [3rd of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 69 [26th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.236 per 10,000 people [10th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 0 [33rd of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [39th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 2 [35th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 0.685 per 1 million people [33rd of 50]
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 1 [31st of 40]
Violent crime 8,691 [35th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 1,796 [15th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 61.484 per 100,000 people [3rd of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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