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Arson deaths
|
1.61 |
|
[21st of 49]
|
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Capital Punishment > Electrocution
|
0 |
|
[20th of 32]
|
|
DEFINITION: Total number of people executed by electric chair from 1977 to 2004. |
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SOURCE: US Fire Administration, 2001 |
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Capital Punishment > Lethal injection
|
336 |
|
[1st of 32]
|
|
DEFINITION: Total number of prisoners executed by lethal injection from 1977 to 2004. NOTE: During this period of time, the Fedral System executed 3 people by lethal injection. |
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SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005 |
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Firearms Death Rate per 100,000
|
11 |
|
[26th of 51]
|
|
DEFINITION: Number of Deaths Due to Firearms per 100,000 Population, 2002. |
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SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005 |
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Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female
|
25.8 %
|
|
[24th of 49]
|
|
DEFINITION: Percent of homecide victims by sex - female
|
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org |
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Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons
|
23.4 %
|
|
[25th of 49]
|
|
DEFINITION: Percent of homecide victims by weapon - other weapons
|
|
SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics
|
|
Lynchings > Black
|
352 |
|
[3rd of 44]
|
|
DEFINITION: Number of Black people killed by lynching from 1882 to 1968. |
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SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics
|
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Lynchings > Total
|
493 |
|
[3rd of 44]
|
|
DEFINITION: Number of total people killed by lynching from 1882 to 1968. |
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SOURCE: UMKC School of Law |
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Lynchings > White
|
141 |
|
[1st of 44]
|
|
DEFINITION: Number of White people killed by lynching from 1882 to 1968. |
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SOURCE: UMKC School of Law |
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Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities
|
168,105 |
|
[1st of 50]
|
|
DEFINITION: Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities, by region and jurisdiction, yearend 2004. |
|
SOURCE: UMKC School of Law |
|
Property crime total
|
959,460 |
|
[2nd of 51]
|
|
DEFINITION: Property crime total total cases (2006) |
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SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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Robbery
|
37,254 |
|
[2nd of 51]
|
|
DEFINITION: Robbery total cases (2006) |
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SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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State and Federal prisoners held in local jails
|
13,228 |
|
[2nd of 44]
|
|
DEFINITION: State and Federal prisoners held in local jails, yearend 2004 |
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SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities
|
16,668 |
|
[1st of 50]
|
|
DEFINITION: State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities, yearend 2004 |
|
SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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State Prisoners > Number of deaths
|
804 |
|
[1st of 50]
|
|
DEFINITION: Total number of all deaths for prisoners in state correctional facilities. NOTE: this statistic does not include District of Columbia. There were 9 prisoner deaths in 2001 for Washingotn DC. None of the deaths were suicide or homicide. |
|
SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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State Prisons > Number of Homicides
|
10 |
|
[2nd of 50]
|
|
DEFINITION: Number of homicides among prisoners in state correctional facilities. |
|
SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001. |
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State Prisons > Number of Suicides
|
49 |
|
[2nd of 50]
|
|
DEFINITION: Number of suicides among state prisoners in correctional facilities. |
|
SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001. |
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Terrorism > Victims of 9-11
|
6 |
|
[12th of 40]
|
|
DEFINITION: Victims of the 9-11 attacks on New York and Washington DC. |
|
SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001. |
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Violent crime
|
121,378 |
|
[3rd of 51]
|
|
DEFINITION: Violent crime total cases (2006) |
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SOURCE: September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002. |
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Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities
|
13,958 |
|
[1st of 50]
|
|
DEFINITION: Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities, by gender, yearend 2004 |
|
SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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