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Index - A

Access to Recovery initiative, 135

Acquaintance rape, 23

ADAM (Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program), 130

Adelphia Communications Corporation, 110

ADM (Archer Daniels Midland Corporation), 117-118

Adolescents
     juveniles and crime, public opinion on, 146
     victim characteristics, 41
     victims/nonvictims of violence, percentage expected to experience adult problem outcomes, 43f
     See also Juveniles

Adults
     arrests for drug abuse violations, 128-129
     testing positive for drugs at time of arrest, 130-131
     urine test results on drug use by male arrestees, 2002, 131t

Advance fee loans, 113

African Americans. See Black/African Americans

Age
     arrests by, 7
     arrests of persons under 15, 18, 21, 25
     years of age, 2002, 8t
     church arson arrestees, 61
     church arsons and bombings, subjects arrested for, by age, gender, 65f
     fear of crime and, 145
     homicide rate per 100,000 persons in each age category, 1976-2000, 40f
     identity theft complaints by victim age, January 1-December 31, 2003, 108f
     identity theft victims, 106
     of juvenile offenders, 75
     murder offenders by age, sex, race, 2002, 22t
     murder offenders/victims, 22
     of murder victims, 23
     murder victims, by age, weapon used, 2002, 26t
     offender, age, race, sex of, 1996-2000, 30t
     recidivism and, 101
     robbery arrests and, 27
     sniper-attack murder offenders, by age, sex, race, 1982-2001, 28t
     victimization trends and, 43-44
     victims of crime and, 41
     violent victimization rates by age, 1973-2000, 43t

Aggravated assault
     juvenile arrest rates for, 70
     juvenile arrest rates for, 1980-2001, 74 (f5.6)
     rate/weapons/arrests, 27-28
     by region, type of weapon used, 2002, 31 (t2.13)

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, 66

Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, 54

Al-Qaeda, 65-66

Alaska Natives. See American Indians and Alaska Natives

Alcohol
     arrest offenses, estimated totals of top 7, 2002, 127 (t8.2)
     crime and, 127
     related arrests, 127, 129

ALF (Animal Liberation Front), 64

Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (Oklahoma City), 56, 62

Alliant Techsystems, Inc., 109

Allstate Insurance Company, 112

American Bar Association, 92

American Indian Violent Crime Index, 71

American Indians and Alaska Natives
     arrests by race, 11t-13t
     arrests for liquor law violations, 129
     arrests of, 8
     death penalty and, 90
     drug use among juveniles, 132
     federal officers, gender/race of full-time federal officers with arrest and firearm authority, June 2002, 144f
     hate crime offenses by known offender's race, bias motivation, 2002, 61t
     law enforcement officers, 138
     offender, age, race, sex of, 1996-2000, 30t
     sniper-attack murder offenders, by age, sex, race, 1982-2001, 28t
     in youth gangs, 84

Analyst filings, 112

Andreas, Michael D., 117-118

Animal Liberation Brigade—Revolutionary Cells, 64-65

Animal Liberation Front (ALF), 64

Animal rights groups, 63-65

Anthrax
     hoaxes, 66-67
     incidents in 2001, 63

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 119, 128

Anti-Virus Reward Program, 115

Arab Americans, hate crimes against, 57-58

Arcand, Philip, 114

Archer Daniels Midland Corporation (ADM), 117-118

Arkansas, 56

Arms of the Law (Fry), 49

Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program (ADAM), 130

2000 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program Report (National Institute of Justice), 132

Arrests
     aggravated assault, 27-28
     alcohol-related, 134
     arrest offenses, estimated totals of top 7, 2002, 127 (t8.2)
     arrests of persons under 15, 18, 21, 25
     years of age, 2002, 8t
     arson, 32
     burglary, 28-29
      church arson, 60-61
     Crime Index statistics, 4, 7-9
     crime prevention programs and, 142
     drug abuse violations, 1980-2002, 128 (f8.1)
     drug abuse violations by region, 2002, 128t
     drug, by age, 1970-2002, 129f
     by drug law violation, number of, 1982-2002, 128 (f8.2)
     drug-related, 128-129
     drug violations, percent distribution of, by type of drug, 1982-2001, 129t
     estimated arrests, 2002, 7t
     larceny-theft, 29-30
     motor vehicle theft, 31
     murder, 23
     by race, 2002, 11t-13t
     rape, 25
     recidivism and, 101
     robbery, 27
     substance-related, 127-128
     ten-year arrest trends, 1993-2002, 9t
     ten-year arrest trends, by sex, 1993-2002, 10t
     urine test results on drug use by adult male arrestees, 2002, 131t
     use of drugs by adult arrestees in 41 cities/counties, by sex/type of drug, 2000-2002, 130t
     weapons offenses, 32
     white-collar crime, 105-106

Arrests, juvenile
     arrest rates for aggravated assault, 1980-2001, 74 (f5.6)
     arrest rates for all crimes, by race, 1980-2001, 77 (f5.16)
     arrest rates for all crimes, by sex, 1980-2001, 77 (f5.17)
     arrest rates for arson, 1980-2001, 75 (f5.12)
     arrest rates for burglary, 1980-2001, 75 (f5.9)
     arrest rates for drug abuse violations, 1980-2001, 76 (f5.13)
     arrest rates for forcible rape, 1980-2001, 73 (f5.4)
     arrest rates for larceny-theft, 1980-2001, 75 (f5.10)
     arrest rates for motor vehicle theft, 1980-2001, 75 (f5.11)
     arrest rates for murder, 1980-2001, 73 (f5.3)
     arrest rates for Property Crime Index offenses, 1980-2001, 74 (f5.7)
     arrest rates for Property Crime Index offenses, by race, 1980-2001, 76 (f5.15)
     arrest rates for Property Crime Index offenses, by sex, 1980-2001, 78 (f5.19)
     arrest rates for robbery, 1980-2001, 74 (f5.5)
     arrest rates for Violent Crime Index offenses, 1980-2001, 73 (f5.1)
     arrest rates for Violent Crime Index offenses, by race, 1980-2001, 76 (f5.14)
     arrest rates for Violent Crime Index offenses, by sex, 1980-2001, 78 (f5.18)
     arrest rates for weapons law violations, 1980-2001, 85f
     arrests, estimated number of, 2001, 70t
     arrests, percent of involving persons under age 18, 1997-2001, 71t
     drug abuse violations, 71
     gender and, 72-73
     overview of, 69
     police disposition of juvenile offenders taken into custody, 2002, 72t
     property crime arrest rates per 100,000 population, age-specific, 1980/1994/2001, 74 (f5.8)
     for property crimes, 70-71
     race/ethnicity and, 71-72
     violent crime arrest rates per 100,000 population, age-specific, 1980/1994/2001, 73 (f5.2)
     for violent crimes, 69-70

Arson
     arrests for, 32
     juvenile arrest rates for, 71
     juvenile arrest rates for, 1980-2001, 75 (f5.12)
     losses, 31-32
     rate, 31
     by type of property, 2002, 33 (t2.15)

Art forgery, 119

Arthur Andersen (accounting firm), 109, 110

Ashland, Inc., 126

Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
     arrests by race, 11t-13t
     arrests of, 8, 9
     death penalty and, 90
     drug use among juveniles, 132
     gender/race of full-time federal officers with arrest and firearm authority, June 2002, 144f
     hate crime offenses by known offender's race, bias motivation, 2002, 61t
     juvenile arrest rates of, 71-72
     law enforcement officers, 138
     offender, age, race, sex of, 1996-2000, 30t
     sniper-attack murder offenders, by age, sex, race, 1982-2001, 28t
     in youth gangs, 84

Assaults, on law enforcement officers, 138-139

Assistance, victim, 48-51

ATF (U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms), 85

Atkins, Daryl Renard, 92

Automobile theft. See Motor vehicle theft

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