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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
12/09/2009

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2.1 million
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people in state and federal prisions
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50,000-80,000 per year
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the amount the number of people in state and federal prisions is increasing by
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10 percent
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percentage of more people behind bars than in china and india combined
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13,000
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number of law officals brought in to stop a riot in losangeles
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12%
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the percentage of us population of white-collar crime that local angencies report
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$400 million
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the amount of money robbers grabbed in the 1980s
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$500-$600 billion
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the amount of money the savings and loan scandal brought
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80,000 people in 43,000 households
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amount tested in the national crime victimization survey
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38% of 34,000
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number of respondents who were victims of crime in the year preceding the survey
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58%
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victimization rate in austraila
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22%
Definition
victimization rate in japan
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42%
Definition
victimization rate in the United states
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500%
Definition
increase of rate of violent crime from 1960-1992
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150%
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increase of property crimes
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50%
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lowest rate of victimization in 2001 since the survey began
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77%
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percentage of all presons arrested in the US 2003 who were men:::percentage of people who thought that the prison system was ment to rehabilitate people in 1966
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82%
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percentage of persons arrested and charged of violent crimes that were men
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3.3 times more likely
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men to be arrested than women
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74%
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percentage ages 15-39 account for in arrests
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75.1%
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total white population in US
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70.6%
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number of white arrests
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27.0%
Definition
number of blacks in america
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12%
Definition
number of blacks who were charged with a crime
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82%
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number of people how were sent to prison in 1992
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95%
Definition
percentage of americans whose credit card information is available to purchase
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16%
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perecentage of people who believed that prisons were ment to rehab people by 1994
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80 pecent
Definition
percentage who favored the death penalty in 1994
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71 percent
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percentage who favored the death penalty in 2005
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200 million
Definition
number of handguns people had in 2006
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30 %
Definition
number of prison inmates who moved to upscale newyork
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15000
Definition
number of murders that take place each year in the US
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1%
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percentage that a murderer has of being sentenced to death
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40%
Definition
number of death centences that were overturned
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65%
Definition
percentage of incease of inmates in prisons
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635,000
Definition
number of inmates released from prison in 2003
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