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Index - D

D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance and Education), 142

Daschle, Tom, 63

Date rape drug (Rohypnol), 132

Davis, Jason L., 121

Death penalty
     capital punishment: persons executed, 1930-2002, 90 (f6.1)
     death sentence, demographic characteristics of prisoners under, 1953-2002, 91t
     death sentence, persons under, 1953-2002, 90 (f6.2)
     expansion of, 12
     public opinion on, 146
     public opinion poll on respondents' attitudes toward fairness of application of death penalty, 2003, 148 (t9.15)

Death row, 94

Deaths
     firearm-related, 33-34
     from international terrorism, 66
     of law enforcement officers, 137, 138-139
     law enforcement officers feloniously killed, by circumstances at scene of incident, 1993-2002, 139t
     law enforcement officers feloniously killed, by profile of known assailants and age groups, 1993-2002, 141 (t9.5)
     law enforcement officers feloniously killed, by profile of known assailants, criminal history, 1993-2002, 141 (t9.7)
     law enforcement officers feloniously killed, by profiles of known assailants, race, sex, 1993-2002, 141 (t9.6)
     law enforcement officers feloniously killed, by type of assignment, 1993-2002, 140 (t9.3)
     law enforcement officers feloniously killed, by type of weapon, 1993-2002, 140 (t9.4)
     from September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 65-66
     from terrorism, 61-62

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), 116-117

DeFrances, Carol J., 37

Delinquency cases
     adjudicated, by discipline, 1985-2000, 83f
     estimated, 1960-2000, 80 (f5.20)
     handled by juvenile courts, 1985-2000, 79t
     juvenile court processing of typical 1,000, 2000, 81t
     percentage referred by law enforcement, 2000, 80 (f5.21)
     trend in handling of, 1985-2000, 82f

Delinquency offenses
     defined, 73
     juvenile court, ages of offenders, 75
     juvenile court, court processing of offenders, 76-77
     juvenile court, detention of offenders, 75-76
     juvenile court, numbers of, 73-75

Democrats, 146

Demographics, of drug-related arrests, 128-129

Detention
     of juvenile offenders, 75-76
     of status offenders, 80-81

Dickey, Walter J., 102-103

Dictionary of Criminal Justice Data Terminology (Bureau of Justice Statistics), 105

Disability
     hate crime incidents, offenses, known offenders, by bias motivation, 2002, 58t
     hate crime offenses by known offender's race, bias motivation, 2002, 61t
     hate crimes against disabled persons, 57

Diverting Children from a Life of Crime: Measuring Costs and Benefits (Rand Corporation), 103-104

Domecq Importers, Inc., 117

Domestic abuse, 142

Domestic terrorism
     definition of, 61
     incidents of, 62-63
     number of incidents, 61-62

Driving under the influence (DUI)
     arrests by race, 8-9
     arrests for, 129

Drug Abuse Resistance and Education (D.A.R.E.), 142

Drug abuse violations
     arrests for, 7
     juvenile arrest rates for, 71
     juvenile arrest rates for, 1980-2001, 76 (f5.13)
     juveniles detained in, numbers of, 76

Drug-Free Communities Program, 135

Drug offenders
     percentage of federal prison population, 94
     prisoner characteristics, 98

Drug programs, 140

Drug trafficking
     crime increase and, 3
     money laundering and, 120-121
     by youth gangs, 84

Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) program, 129-130

Drugs
     arrest offenses, estimated totals of top 7, 2002, 127 (t8.2)
     arrest, presence of at time of, 129-132
     arrests, drug-related, 127-129
     arrests for drug abuse violations by region, 2002, 128t
     arrests for drug violations, percent distribution of, by type of drug, 1982-2001, 129t
     arrests, number of, by drug law violation, 1982-2002, 128 (f8.2)
     crime-drugs relationship, 127 (t8.1)
     crime increase and, 3
     drug abuse violation arrests, 1980-2002, 128 (f8.1)
     drug arrests by age, 1970-2002, 129f
     drug control funding, agency summary of, 2003-2005, 135t
     drug control funding by function, history of, 1996-2005, 136 (t8.11)
     federal drug seizures, by drug type, 1989-2002, 136 (t8.12)
     federal government's role in use reduction, 135-136
     homicides related to, 1987-2002, 134 (t8.8)
     imprisonment, average length of, for each drug type, fiscal year 2001, 133f
     national drug control budget, in billions, 2002-2005, 135f
     offenders imprisoned, 132-135
     sentenced prisoners, percent of total growth of under state jurisdiction, by offense and gender, 1995-2001, 133t
     state prison population by offense type, 1980-2001, 132f
     urine test results on drug use by adult male arrestees, 2002, 131t
     use by juveniles, 132
     use of by adult arrestees in 41
     cities/counties, by sex/type of drug, 2000-2002, 130t
     victim's perception of use of alcohol/drugs by violent offender, 2002, 134 (t8.9)

Drunkenness, arrests for, 129

DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency), 116-117

DUF (Drug Use Forecasting) program, 129-130

DUI (driving under the influence)
     arrests by race, 8-9
     arrests for, 129

Dunlap, Al, 108

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