StateMaster - Arkansan Crime statistics

Arson deaths	28	[28th of 49]
Capital offenses Capital murder (Ark. Code Ann. 5-10-101) with a finding of at least 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances; treason. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing)
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row	16	[16th of 37]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution	9	[9th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection	7	[7th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2004	11	[11th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 2005	11	[11th of 16]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930	14	[14th of 42]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row	21	[21st of 37]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000	9	[9th of 51]
Homicide > Total number of victims	29	[29th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17	32 %	[32nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male	15 %	[15th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons	46 %	[46th of 49]
Lynchings > Black	7	[7th of 44]
Lynchings > Total	6	[6th of 44]
Lynchings > White	6	[6th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails	25	[25th of 44]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides	11	[11th of 50]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities	21	[21st of 50]

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SOURCES: US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2004; National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, statistics. January 1st 2005.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; statehealthfacts.org; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.

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