Index - F

Family
     victimization rates, by victim-offender relationship, type of crime, selected victim characteristics, 2002, 48t-49t
     victimization rates for persons age 12 and over, by type of crime, annual family income of victims, 2002, 45t
     victimization trauma, 37
     witnessing executions, 53

Family Group Conferencing, 103

FBI. See Federal Bureau of Investigation

Fear
     of becoming victim, 37
     of crime, 145
     public opinion poll on respondents' fear of walking alone at night, within one mile of own area, 1965-2002, 145 (t9.12)

Federal Budget 2002, 11

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
     bank fraud and, 110-111
     computer crime and, 115
     Crime Index, arrests, 4, 7-9
     Crime Index offenses, 2002, 19, 19f
     crime rate statistics of, 2
     hate crime offenses, 57-58
     on law enforcement officers, 137
     law enforcement officers of, 138
     money laundering and, 120-121
     NCVS and, 37-38
     on number of guns in America, 32
     terrorism and, 61-62
     Uniform Crime Reports, 1, 4
     white-collar crime statistics, 105-106

Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), 138

Federal government
     cost of victimization, 45
     crime statistics collection by, 1
     drug seizures, by drug type, 1989-2002, 136 (t8.12)
     hate crime legislation, 56
     militia groups and, 55-56
     role in crime control, 10-12
     victim services/assistance, 50
     victims' rights legislation, 52, 53-54

Federal law enforcement
     gender, race/ethnicity of full-time federal officers with arrest/firearm authority in agencies employing 500 or more full-time officers, June 2002, 142t
     gender/race of full-time federal officers with arrest and firearm authority, June 2002, 144f
     statistics, officers assaulted/killed, 138-139
     See also Law enforcement

Federal offense, 96

Federal prisons, 96

Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 106-107, 124

Federal Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982, 53-54

Federal Victims of Crime Act of 1984, 50, 53-54

Feingold, Russell, 92

Females
     arrests by gender, 7-8
     delinquency case detention of, 76
     drugs, testing positive for, at time of arrest, 131
     juvenile arrest statistics for, 69, 72-73
     juvenile, guns and, 86
     juveniles, drug use among, 132
     Office on Violence Against Women, 12
     prisoner characteristics, 97
     rape statistics and, 23, 25
     in state prisons for drug offenses, 132
     status offenses by, 80-81
     See also Gender

Fence, 10

Financial Institution Fraud and Failure Report, Fiscal Year 2003 (U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation), 110

Financial institution fraud (FIF), 110-111, 111t

Financial Services Modernization Act, Insurance Discrimination Provision of, 52

Fire. See Arson

Firearm Injury and Death from Crime (Zawitz and Strom), 33

Firearm Use by Offenders (Harlow), 33

Firearms
     crimes committed with firearms, 33
     defensive use of guns, 34-35
     firearm-related deaths, 33-34
     justifiable homicide by law enforcement officers, by weapon, 1998-2002, 34 (t2.18)
     justifiable homicide by private citizens, by weapon, 1998-2002, 34 (t2.17)
     murder victims, by weapon used, 1998-2002, 33 (t2.16)
     possession of firearm during current offense, by selected characteristics for state/federal prison inmates, 1997, 99t
     prisoners in possession of during offense, 98
     public opinion on, 147
     public opinion poll on respondents' attitudes toward laws governing firearm sales, 2002, 150t
     public opinion poll on respondents' reporting having a gun in their home, 1959-2002, 149 (t9.18)
     sources for firearms used in crimes, 34
     used in murders, 22-23
     used to kill law enforcement officers, 137
     weapons offenses/offenders, 32
     workplace violence and, 35-36

Firearms Use by Offenders (U.S. Department of Justice), 98

Forcible rape
     arrests for, 25
     Index of Crime, 1983-2002, 20t
     juvenile arrest rates for, 70
     juvenile arrest rates for, 1980-2001, 73 (f5.4)
     number/percent change of offenses, by type, 2001-02, 14 (t1.8)
     percent distribution of, by month, 1998-2002, 29t
     rate, 23
     rate of, 4
     time/location of, 25

Forgery, 105, 118-119

Fortune Magazine, 107-108, 110

Fox, James Alan, 2

Fraud
     arrests for, 106
     bank fraud, 110-111
     definition of, 105
     falsifying corporate data, 109-110
     identity theft, 106-107
     insurance companies, fraud against/by, 111-112
     Internet fraud, 117
     mail crime, 114
     scams on elderly people, 123-124
     securities fraud, 112-113
     tax fraud, 118
     telemarketing fraud, 113-114

Freeh, Louis J., 64f

Frist, Bill, 63

Fry, Margery, 49

FTC (Federal Trade Commission), 106-107, 124

FTC Identity Theft Hotline and Data Clearinghouse, 106-107

Funding
     drug control funding, agency summary of, 2003-2005, 135t
     drug control funding by function, history of, 1996-2005, 136 (t8.11)
     federal criminal justice budget authorities, 2002 (actual) and 2003-2008 (estimated), 15t
     federal government's role in crime control, 11-12
     Office of Justice programs' funds, allocation of, by type of justice activity, fiscal years 1990-2001, 16t-17t
     state corrections budgets, 12
     victim compensation acts and, 54

Furman v. Georgia, 91, 92

Furrow, Buford, Jr., 58

FYI: Rights of Survivors of Homicide (National Center for Victims of Crime), 53