Index - B

Baby boomers
     crime decline and, 2
     crime increase and, 3

Background checks, criminal, 34

Bank fraud
     cases of, 110-111
     financial institution fraud and failure matters handled by U.S. Department of Justice, 1986-2002, 111t

Bank robbery
     number of incidents reported, 1990-2001, 29f
     rate of, 25

Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, 119

Banks, money laundering and, 119-120

Bartlett, Quth v., 82

Baumhammers, Richard Scott, 58

Baxter, Clifford, 110

Beardon v. Georgia, 50-51

Beatty, David, 23

Berry, Shawn Allen, 58

Bias crime. See Hate crimes

Bias motivation
     bias-motivated offenses, 2002, 57f
     hate crime incidents by bias motivation, location, 2002, 60t
     hate crime incidents by victim type, bias motivation, 2002, 59 (t4.2)
     hate crime incidents, offenses, known offenders, by bias motivation, 2002, 58t
     of hate crimes, terrorism, 55
     offenses by known offender's race, bias motivation, 2002, 61t

Bin Laden, Osama, 65

BJS. See Bureau of Justice Statistics

Black/African-Americans
     arrests by race, 11t-13t
     arrests for drug abuse violations, 129
     arrests of, 8
     church arson and, 60-61
     criminal justice system, confidence in, 146
     death penalty and, 90
     drug use among juveniles, 132
     drugs, testing positive for, at time of arrest, 131
     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
     hate crimes and, 57, 60
     incarceration rate, 93
     jail inmates, 95
     juvenile arrest rates for, 71-72
     juvenile status offenders, 80-81
     law enforcement officers, 138
     militia groups and, 56
     murder offenders/victims, 22
     offender, age, race, sex of, 1996-2000, 30t
     prisoner characteristics, 98
     recidivism and, 101
     reporting crime to police and, 39
     sentenced prison population under state jurisdiction, growth of, by race, Hispanic origin, offense, 1995-2001, 98 (t6.12)
     sentenced prisoners under state jurisdiction, estimated number of, by offense, gender, race, Hispanic origin, 2001, 97 (t6.9)
     sniper-attack murder offenders, by age, sex, race, 1982-2001, 28t
     in state prisons for drug offenses, 132
     victim characteristics, 41, 42
     victimizations, number of, and victimization rates by type of crime, race of head of household, 2002, 44t
      in youth gangs, 84

Black Muslims, 58

Black Separatist groups, 55

Blackmun, Harry, 53

Blanton, Thomas E., 59

BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics), 35

Boeken, Richard, 108

Bombings, 62-63
     See also Churches

Bonczar, Thomas P., 91

Boot camps, 142

Booth v. Maryland, 53

BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons), 138

BP Amoco, 126

Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
     criminal history checks, 34
     militias and, 56

Branch Davidian compound (Waco, TX), 56

Brandenburg v. Ohio, 56

Brewer, Lawrence Russell, 58

Bribery
     public corruption, 122-123
     U.S. companies and, 118
     victims, 106

Brokaw, Tom, 63

Budget, 15t

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
     crime rate and, 1-2
     National Crime Victimization Survey, 37-38, 38-41, 43-44
     rape statistics and, 23
     white-collar crime definition by, 105

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 35

Burglary
     Index of Crime, 1983-2002, 20t
     juvenile arrest rates for, 70-71
     juvenile arrest rates for, 1980-2001, 75 (f5.9)
     number/percent change of offenses, by type, 2001-02, 14 (t1.8)
     percent change in, 1998-2002, 32 (f2.3)
     statistics, 28-29
     value of goods taken, 10

Bush, George H.W., 54

Bush, George W., 109

Business opportunities/franchises, 113

Buyers clubs, 113

Byrd, James, Jr., 58