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1986 BJS Data Rep. [i] (1986)

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Bureau of Justice Statistics

BJS Data Report, 1986

Introduction 1
BJS reports on ...
Crime 5
Crime trends 7
The volume of crime 8
Violent crime 8
Victims of crime 9
The relationship between victim
and offender 10
The use of weapons in crime 11
The location of crime 12
Crime against D.C. residents and
Capitol Hill employees 13
Characteristics of various
types of crime 14
Domestic violence against
women 14
Rape 15
Household burglary 16
Bank robbery 16
Automated teller machine loss
and theft 17
Drug, alcohol, and crime 18
The cost of crime 21
Economic cost of crime
to victims 22
Cost of the justice system 22
The public response
to crime 24
Preventing crime 25
Reporting crime 26
Fear of crime 27
Public confidence in the
criminal justice system 28

Adjudication and
sentencing 29
Local prosecution 30
Felong case-processing
time 32
Pretrial release and Federal
prosecution 33
Indigent defense 34
Court caseloads 35
Appeals and habeas
corpus 35
Sentencing practices 36
Sentencing outcomes 38
Corrections 40
Adult correctional
populations 42
Juveniles in custody 43
Prison and jail crowding 44
Characteristics of prison
and jail inmates 45
Corrections funding 47
Time served in prison 47
Capital punishment 48
Recidivism and career
criminals 49
Privacy, security, and con-
fidentiality of criminal justice
data 50
Source notes 53