| SOUTH CAROLINA CRIME STATS: |
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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005
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6.7% |
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[20th of 40]
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Aggravated assault
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25,058 |
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[11th of 51]
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Arson deaths
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1.71 |
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[20th of 49]
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Burglary
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42,772 |
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[18th of 51]
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Capital offenses
Murder with 1 of 12 aggravating circumstances (§ 16-3-20(C)(a)); criminal sexual conduct with a minor with 1 of 9 aggravators (§ 16-3-655). |
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Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row
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37 |
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[11th of 38]
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Capital Punishment > Electrocution
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6 |
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[6th of 32]
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Capital Punishment > Lethal injection
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26 |
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[6th of 32]
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Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006
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36 |
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[8th of 43]
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Capital Punishment > Total executions 2007
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1 |
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[7th of 10]
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Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930
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198 |
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[7th of 43]
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Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row
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62 |
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[15th of 38]
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Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row
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25 |
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[18th of 38]
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Firearms Death Rate per 100,000
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13.8 |
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[14th of 51]
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Forcible rape
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1,762 |
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[18th of 51]
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Gun violence > % Gun
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67.7 |
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[13th of 50]
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Gun violence > % Knife
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13.2 |
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[26th of 50]
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Gun violence > % Other Weapons
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19.1 |
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[39th of 50]
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Gun violence > Number of homicides
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288 |
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[19th of 50]
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Hate Crimes > Disability related
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7 |
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[2nd of 49]
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Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related
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7 |
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[28th of 49]
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Hate Crimes > Race related
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61 |
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[21st of 49]
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Hate Crimes > Religion related
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12 |
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[23rd of 49]
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Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related
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23 |
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[17th of 49]
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Hate Crimes > Total number
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110 |
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[21st of 50]
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Homicide > Total number of victims
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315 |
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[19th of 0]
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Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17
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3.8% |
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[28th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24
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22.3% |
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[30th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34
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24.8% |
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[31st of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49
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28% |
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[13th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64
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9.6% |
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[24th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above
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7.6% |
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[8th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14
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3.8% |
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[36th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Black Female
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12.1% |
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[6th of 0]
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Homicide > Victims by Black Male
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50.6% |
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[12th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Other Female
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0% |
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[33rd of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Other Male
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0.3% |
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[36th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Race > Black
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62.7% |
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[11th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Race > Other
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0.3% |
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[39th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Race > White
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36.9% |
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[36th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female
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26.1 %
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[22nd of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male
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73.9 %
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[27th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun
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68.3 %
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[17th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife
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10.1 %
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[36th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons
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21.6 %
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[30th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by White Female
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10.8% |
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[39th of 49]
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Homicide > Victims by White Male
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26.1% |
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[36th of 49]
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Larceny-theft
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124,148 |
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[19th of 51]
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Lynchings > Black
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156 |
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[9th of 44]
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Lynchings > Black (per capita)
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36.662 per 1 million people |
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[6th of 44]
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Lynchings > Total
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160 |
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[10th of 44]
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Lynchings > Total (per capita)
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37.602 per 1 million people |
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[10th of 44]
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Lynchings > White
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4 |
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[37th of 44]
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Lynchings > White (per capita)
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0.94 per 1 million people |
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[36th of 44]
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Motor vehicle theft
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16,402 |
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[21st of 51]
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Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
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359 |
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[20th of 51]
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Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities
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23,428 |
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[19th of 50]
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Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita)
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5.506 per 1,000 people |
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[10th of 50]
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Property crime total
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183,322 |
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[19th of 51]
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Robbery
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5,899 |
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[22nd of 51]
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State and Federal prisoners held in local jails
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429 |
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[19th of 44]
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State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita)
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100.821 per 1 million people |
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[17th of 44]
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State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities
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6 |
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[33rd of 50]
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State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita)
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0.141 per 100,000 people |
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[34th of 50]
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State Prisoners > Number of deaths
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116 |
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[18th of 50]
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State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita)
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0.273 per 10,000 people |
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[7th of 50]
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State Prisons > Number of Homicides
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3 |
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[10th of 50]
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State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita)
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0.705 per 1 million people |
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[7th of 50]
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State Prisons > Number of Suicides
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2 |
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[37th of 50]
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State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita)
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0.47 per 1 million people |
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[40th of 50]
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Violent crime
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33,078 |
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[13th of 51]
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Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities
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1,562 |
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[17th of 50]
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Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita)
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36.709 per 100,000 people |
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[17th of 50]
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