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Index - M

M/A-COM, Inc., 109

Magazine subscriptions, 113

Mail crime, 114

Males
     arrests by gender, 7-8
     arrests for drug abuse violations, 128-129
     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
     prisoner characteristics, 97
     in state prisons for drug offenses, 132
     status offenses by, 80-81
     See also Gender

Mandatory life sentencing, 134

Mandatory minimum sentencing, 133-134

Marathon Ashland Petroleum, 126

Marijuana
     arrests for possession of, 128
     sentences for, 133
     use by juvenile detainees, 132

Marital status
     victim characteristics, 41
     victimization rates for persons age 12 and over, by gender, marital status of victims, type of crime, 2002, 46t

Marshall, Thurgood, 53

Maryland, Booth v., 53

Maryland, death penalty in, 92

Mauer, Marc, 94

McVeigh, Timothy
     Oklahoma City bombing by, 56, 62
     witnesses at execution of, 53

MDMA (Ecstasy), 132

The Measurement of White-Collar Crime Using Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Data (U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division), 105, 106

Medication, for prisoners, 98-99

Mental health
     inmates receiving treatment, in state confinement facilities, by facility characteristic, June 30, 2000, 100 (t6.14)
     of prisoners, 98-99

Mentally retarded criminals, execution of, 92

Merrill Lynch, 112

Methamphetamine, 133

Metropolitan statistical areas (MSA)
     Crime Index, 2002, 5t
     Crime Index rates in, 4
     murder rate in, 22
     rape rate in, 25
     robbery rate in, 25

Michigan, Harmelin v., 134

Microsoft, 115

Midwest
     aggravated assault, by region, type of weapon used, 2002, 31 (t2.13)
     aggravated assault in, 27
     burglary rate in, 28
     crime rate in, 3
     Index of Crime offense and population distribution, by region, 2002, 21t
     larceny-theft rate in, 29
     murder rate in, 20, 22
     prison population in, 97
     prisoners under jurisdiction of state/federal correctional authorities, by region, jurisdiction, year end 2001-02, 93t
     property crime victimization rates, by type of crime, region, residence locality, 2002, 47t
     robberies, percent distribution of, by region, type of weapon used, 2002, 31 (t2.12)
     violent/property crime rates, by region, 2002, 6f

Militia groups, 55-56

Miller, Ted R., 44-45

Minnesota
     hate crime law in, 56
     Neighborhood Watch program in, 144

Mission-oriented perpetrator, 59

Mitchell v. Wisconsin, 57

Money
     burglary losses, 28
     cost of victimization, 44-45
     counterfeiting, 118-119
     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, for illegal drug control, 135
     federal government's role in crime control, 11-12
     income and victim characteristics, 41
     national drug control budget, in billions, 2002-2005, 135f
     Office of Justice programs' funds, allocation of, by type of justice activity, fiscal years 1990-2001, 16t-17t
     robbery, average losses from, 27
     state corrections budgets, 12
     victimization rates for persons age 12 and over, by type of crime, annual family income of victims, 2002, 45t

Money laundering
     characteristics of convicted money laundering defendants, 2001, 120t
     described, 119-121

Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Strategy Act of 1998, 119

Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, 119

Money Laundering Suppression Act, 119

Money Laundering: The Rapid Growth of Casinos Makes Them Vulnerable (U.S. General Accounting Office), 121

Monitoring the Future (Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan), 146

Morton International, Inc., 126

Motiva/Equilon/Shell, 126

Motor vehicle, operating under the influence of alcohol, 134-135

Motor vehicle theft
     Index of Crime, 1983-2002, 20t
     juvenile arrest rates for, 1980-2001, 75 (f5.11)
     by month, 1998-2002, 31 (t2.14)
     number/percent change of offenses, by type, 2001-02, 14 (t1.8)
     rate/losses/arrests, 30-31
     rate of, 4
     value of goods in, 9

MSA. See Metropolitan statistical areas

Mueller, Robert S., 67

Murder
     arrests, 23
     circumstances, 22-23
     death penalty and, 91
     firearm-related deaths, 33-34
     with firearms, 32
     hate-motivated, 58-59
     Index of Crime, 1983-2002, 20t
     juvenile arrest rates for, 70
     juvenile arrest rates for, 1980-2001, 73 (f5.3)
     of law enforcement officers, 137
     murder circumstances, 1998-2002, 25t
     murder circumstances, by relationship, 2002, 24t
     murder victims, by age, weapon used, 2002, 26t
     murder victims, by weapon used, 1998-2002, 33 (t2.16)
     number/percent change of offenses, by type, 2001-02, 14 (t1.8)
     offenders by age, sex, race, 2002, 22t
     rate, 19-20, 22
     by sex, race, age, 22
     sniper-attack murder incidents, victims, offenders, 1982-2001, 27t
     sniper-attack murder offenders, by age, sex, race, 1982-2001, 28t
     urban rates of, 4
     victim/offender relationship, by race, sex, 2002, 23t

Muslim Americans, 57-58

Myers, Michael, 123

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