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Pacific Islander Americans. See Asian and Pacific Islander Americans

Pall Aeropower Corporation, 109

Pardon, 100

Parents, 81-82

Parole
     characteristics of adults on, 1995, 2000, 2002, 102 (t6.18)
     people on, 93
     recidivism and, 101
     statistics, 99

Pataki, George, 63

Payne, Pervis, 52-53

Payne v. Tennessee, 52-53

Pearl, Daniel, 66

Pentagon
     hacking, 117
     September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 65

Perceptions of Neighborhood Crime, 1995 (Bureau of Justice Statistics), 1-2, 37

Personal crimes
     number of, 2002, 40t
     victimization, cost of, 45

Phillip Morris, 108

Pionke, John, 82

Pipe bombs, 62, 63

Police
     city, county, state law enforcement, 137-138
     crime decline and, 3
     disposition of juvenile delinquency offenders by, 74
     disposition of juvenile offenders taken into custody, 2002, 72t
     federal law enforcement, 138-139
     full-time law enforcement employees, as of October 31, 2002, 138t
     juvenile arrest disposition by, 69
     law enforcement officers feloniously killed, by circumstances at scene of incident, 1993-2002, 139t
     public confidence in, 146-147
     public opinion poll on respondents' confidence in police, 2003, 149 (t9.17)
     reporting crime to, 39-41
     victimizations reported to, percent of, by type of crime, gender, race/ethnicity of victims, 2002, 41t
     See also Law enforcement

Police programs, 140

Pollution, environmental crime, 124-126

Preliminary Data on Drug Use and Related Matters among Adult Arrestees and Juvenile Detainees, 2002 (National Institute of Justice), 130

President's Family Justice Center Initiative, 12

"Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising" (University of Maryland's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice), 139-140, 142, 144

Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company, 112

"Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2002" (Harrison and Karberg), 95

Prisoners
     characteristics of, 97-99
     firearm possession during current offense, by selected characteristics for state/federal prison inmates, 1997, 99t
     under jurisdiction of state/federal correctional authorities, by region, jurisdiction, year end 2001-02, 93t
     persons held in state/federal prisons or local jails, number of, 1995-2002, 96 (t6.8)
     prison as answer to crime and, 101
     prisoners under age 18 in state/private adult correctional facilities, by type of facility, security level, region, June 30, 2000, 96 (t6.7)
     prisoners under jurisdiction of state/federal correctional authorities, by gender, year end 1995, 2001, 2002, 98 (t6.11)
     sentenced prison population under state jurisdiction, growth of, by gender, offense, 1995-2001, 97 (t6.10)
     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)
      sentenced prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction, number of, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, age, 2002, 95 (t6.5)

Prisons
     definition of, 94
     drug offenders in, 132
     for each drug type, average length of term, fiscal year 2001, 133f
     educational programs offered in state, federal, private prisons, 2000 and 1995, and in local jails, 1999, 101t
     Federal Budget 2002 for, 11
     number of sentenced inmates in federal prisons, by most serious offense, 1995, 2000, 2001, 94t
     persons held in state/federal prisons or local jails, number of, 1995-2002, 96 (t6.8)
     population growth in, 3
     prison population, 96-97
     prisoners under jurisdiction of state/federal correctional authorities, by gender, year end 1995, 2001, 2002, 98 (t6.11)
     sentenced inmates in federal prisons, number of, by most serious offense, 1995, 2000, 2001, 94t
     sentenced prison population under state jurisdiction, growth of, by gender, offense, 1995-2001, 97 (t6.10)
     sentenced prisoners, percent of total growth of under state jurisdiction, by offense and gender, 1995-2001, 133t
     sentenced prisoners under state jurisdiction, estimated number of, by offense, gender, race, Hispanic origin, 2001, 97 (t6.9)
     sentences for drug offenders, 133-134
     as solution to crime, 101-104
     state corrections budgets, 12
     "Three Strikes" laws and, 89-90

Private citizens
     justifiable homicide by private citizens, by weapon, 1998-2002, 34 (t2.17)
     justifiable homicides by, 34

Prizes/sweepstakes, 113

Probation
     characteristics of adults on, 1995, 2000, 2002, 102 (t6.17)
     educational attainment of probationers, 100 (t6.15)
     people on, 93
     statistics, 99

Products, counterfeiting, 119

Property
     arson, by type of property, 2002, 33 (t2.15)
     cost of victimization, 44

Property Crime Index offenses
     decline in, 2
     juvenile arrest rates for, 1980-2001, 74 (f5.7)
     juvenile arrest rates for, by race, 1980-2001, 76 (f5.15)
     juvenile arrest rates for, by sex, 1980-2001, 78 (f5.19)

Property crimes
     arrest rates per 100,000 population, age-specific, 1980/1994/2001, 74 (f5.8)
     arrests for, 4, 7
     Crime Index offenses, 2002, 19, 19f
     Crime Index statistics, 4
     hate crimes as, 57
     Index of Crime, 1983-2002, 20t
     juvenile arrest rates for, 70
     number/percent change of offenses, by type, 2001-02, 14 (t1.8)
     personal and property crimes, number of, 2002, 40t
     property stolen/recovered, by type and value, 2002, 14 (t1.9)
     rates, by region, 2002, 6f
     rates in 2003, 3
     robbery as, 25
     value of goods in, 9-10
     victim characteristics, 41-42
     victimization rates, by type of crime, region, residence locality, 2002, 47t
     victimization trends, 43-44
     victimizations, number of, and victimization rates by type of crime, race of head of household, 2002, 44t
     victims of, 38-39

Property offenders, 98

Property offenses, 74-75

"Prosecuting Environmental Crime: Los Angeles County" (Hammett and Epstein), 124

Prosecution, of minors as adults, 77-78

Protecting Seniors from Fraud Act, 52

Psychotropic medication, 98-99

Public corruption, 122-123, 125t

Public opinion
     confidence in police, 146-147
     confidence in police, public opinion poll on respondents', 2003, 149 (t9.17)
     criminal justice system, confidence in, 146
     criminal justice system, public opinion poll on respondents' reported confidence in, 2003, 148 (t9.16)
     death penalty, 146
     death penalty, public opinion poll on respondents' attitudes toward fairness of application of, 2003, 148 (t9.15)
     fear of crime, 145
     firearm sales, laws governing, public opinion poll on respondents' attitudes toward, 2002, 150t
     guns, 147
     guns, public opinion poll on respondents' reporting having gun in their home, 1959-2002, 149 (t9.18)
     juveniles and crime, 146
     poll of high school seniors reporting that they worry about crime/violence, by sex, race, region, college plans, illicit drug use, 1990-2001, 147t
     poll on attitudes of respondents toward most important problem facing the country, 1983-2003, 143t
     poll on respondents' attitude toward level of crime, 1989-2002, 144t
     poll on respondents'attitudes toward crime in own area, 1972-2002, 145 (t9.11)
     poll on respondents' fear of walking alone at night, within one mile of own area, 1965-2002, 145 (t9.12)
     poll on selected behaviors of respondents because of concern over crime, 2002, 146t

Public-order offenders, 98

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