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Index - S

Sagaz, Gabriel, 117

Sakhai, Ely, 119

Sampson, Robert J., 3

Sanford, Robert Russell, 116

SAR (Suspicious Activity Reports), 120

Scalia, Antonin, 92

"Scared Straight" program, 142

"Schemers and Scams: A Brief History of Bad Business" (Fortune), 107-108

School-based crime prevention programs, 139-140

Schools
     juvenile crimes against teachers, 86-87
     juvenile crimes in, overview of, 85-86
     nonfatal crimes by juveniles in, 86

Schork, Kurt Erich, 66

Schwartz, Robert G., 79

Scrushy, Richard, 110

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 110

Securities fraud, 112-113

Seizures, federal drug, 135

Self-protection, 35

Senior citizens
     scams on, 123-124
     telemarketing fraud against, 114

Sentencing
     capital punishment: persons executed, 1930-2002, 90 (f6.1)
     death penalty, 90-93
     death sentence, demographic characteristics of prisoners under, 1953-2002, 91t
     death sentence, persons under, 1953-2002, 90 (f6.2)
     drug offender sentences, 133-134
     felony sentences imposed by state courts, length of, 2000, 89t
     "Three Strikes" laws, 89-90
     victim participation at, 52-53

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
     aftermath, 66
     description of, 65-66
     hate crimes after, 57-58
     legislation after, 54

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, 54

Services, victim, 48-51

Sexual orientation
     bias-motivated offenses, 2002, 57, 57f
     hate crime incidents, offenses, known offenders, by bias motivation, 2002, 58t
     hate crime offenses by known offender's race, bias motivation, 2002, 61t

Shell Pipeline Company LP, 126

Shoplifting
     responses to, 2002, 124f
     source of inventory shrinkage, 122

Shrinkage, retail
     retail inventory shrinkage rates, 1991-2002, 121f
     sources of, 2002, 122f
     statistics, 121-122

SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), 35

Single-bias hate crime, 57

Skilling, Jeffrey, 110

Smith, Michael E., 102-103

Smith, Steven K., 37

Snell, Tracy L., 91

Sniper-attack murder
     incidents incidents, victims, offenders, 1982-2001, 27t
     offenders, by age, sex, race, 1982-2001, 28t
     rate, 23

Social Security Administration (SSA), 107

Social security numbers, 106, 107

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 35

Sotheby's auction house, 108

South
     aggravated assault, by region, type of weapon used, 2002, 31 (t2.13)
     aggravated assault in, 27
     burglary rate in, 28
     crime rate in, 3, 4
     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
     rape rate in, 25
     robberies, percent distribution of, by region, type of weapon used, 2002, 31 (t2.12)
     violent/property crime rates, by region, 2002, 6f

South Carolina, hate crime laws in, 56

South Carolina v. Gather, 53

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), 55

Spitzer, Eliot, 112

SSA (Social Security Administration), 107

Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, 112

State corrections budgets, 12

State courts, 89t

State law enforcement, 137-138

State laws
     hate crime legislation, 56-57
     on victims' rights, 51-52

State prisons
     drug offenders in, 132
     population by offense type, 1980-2001, 132f
     prison population, 96-97
     sentenced prisoners, percent of total growth of under state jurisdiction, by offense and gender, 1995-2001, 133t

"Statement of the Chairman" (Haight), 48

States
     death penalty and, 90, 91
     insurance fraud in, 111
     prison population in, 96-97
     state corrections budgets, 12
     victim compensation programs in, 49

Statistical information
     adolescent victims and nonvictims of violence, percentage expected to experience adult problem outcomes, 43f
     aggravated assault, by region, type of weapon used, 2002, 31 (t2.13)
     arrest offenses, estimated totals of top 7, 2002, 127 (t8.2)
     arrest trends, ten-year, 1993-2002, 9t
     arrest trends, ten-year, by sex, 1993-2002, 10t
     arrests by race, 2002, 11t-13t
     arrests, estimated, 2002, 7t
     arrests for drug abuse violations by region, 2002, 128t
     arrests of persons under 15, 18, 21, 25 years of age, 2002, 8t
     arrests, percent distribution of arrests for drug violations, by type of drug, 1982-2001, 129t
     arrests, percent of involving persons under age 18, 1997-2001, 71t
     arson, by type of property, 2002, 33 (t2.15)
     burglary, percent change in, 1998-2002, 32 (f2.3)
     capital punishment: persons executed, 1930-2002, 90 (f6.1)
     cases per 1,000 juveniles by offense category/age group, 2000, 80 (f5.22)
     clemency, executive clemency applications for federal offenses received, disposed of, pending in Office of U.S. Pardon Attorney, fiscal years 1953-2002, 103t
     confidence in police, public opinion poll on respondents', 2003, 149 (t9.17)
     Crime Index, 1983-2002, 20t
     Crime Index, 2002, 5t
     Crime Index offense and population distribution, by region, 2002, 21t
     Crime Index offenses, 2002, 19f
     Crime Index, percent change in, by population group, region for January to June 2003 and by two-year trends from 1999 to 2002, 2t
     criminal justice system, public opinion poll on respondents' reported confidence in, 2003, 148 (t9.16)
     criminal victimization, rates of, percent change, 1993-2000, 39t
     death penalty, public opinion poll on respondents' attitudes toward fairness of application of, 2003, 148 (t9.15)
     death sentence, demographic characteristics of prisoners under, 1953-2002, 91t
     death sentence, persons under, 1953-2002, 90 (f6.2)
     delinquency cases, adjudicated, by discipline, 1985-2000, 83f
     delinquency cases, estimated, 1960-2000, 80 (f5.20)
     delinquency cases handled by juvenile courts, 1985-2000, 79t
     delinquency cases, percentage referred by law enforcement, 2000, 80 (f5.21)
     delinquency cases, trend in handling of, 1985-2000, 82f
     drug abuse violation arrests, 1980-2002, 128 (f8.1)
     drug arrests by age, 1970-2002, 129f
     drug arrests, number of, by drug law violation, 1982-2002, 128 (f8.2)
     drug control funding, agency summary of, 2003-2005, 135t
     drug control funding by function, history of, 1996-2005, 136 (t8.11)
     drug related arrests, 127-129
     drug use by adult arrestees in 41 cities/counties, by sex/type of drug, 2000-2002, 130t
     drugs-crime relationship, 127 (t8.1)
     educational attainment of state/federal prison inmates, 1997 and 1991; local jail inmates, 1996, 1989; probationers, 1995; general population, 1997, 100 (t6.15)
     educational programs offered in state, federal, private prisons, 2000 and 1995, and in local jails, 1999, 101t
     family violence victimization rates, by victim-offender relationship, type of crime, selected victim characteristics, 2002, 48t-49t
     federal criminal justice budget authorities, 2002 (actual) and 2003-2008 (estimated), 15t
     federal drug seizures, by drug type, 1989-2002, 136 (t8.12)
     felony sentences imposed by state courts, length of, 2000, 89t
     firearm possession during current offense, by selected characteristics for state/federal prison inmates, 1997, 99t
     firearm sales, laws governing, public opinion poll on respondents' attitudes toward, 2002, 150t
     forcible rape, percent distribution of, by month, 1998-2002, 29t
     guns, public opinion poll on respondents' reporting having gun in their home, 1959-2002, 149 (t9.18)
     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
     hate crime incidents, offenses, known offenders, by type of offense, 2002, 59 (t4.3)
     hate crimes, arson, bombing, attempted bombing investigations by status of investigation, January 1, 1995-August 15, 2000, 63f
     hate crimes, arson, bombing, attempted bombing investigations by type of church, January 1, 1995-August 15, 2000, 62f
     hate crimes, bias-motivated offenses, 2002, 57f
      hate crimes, church arsons, bombings, racial makeup of subjects arrested for, January 1, 1995-August 15, 2000, 64f
     hate crimes, church arsons, bombings, subjects arrested for, by age, gender, January 1, 1995-August 15, 2000, 65f
     hate crimes, offenses by known offender's race, bias motivation, 2002, 61t
     homicide per 100,000 persons in each age category, rate of, 1976-2000, 40f
     homicides related to drugs, 1987-2002, 134 (t8.8)
     identity theft complaints by victim age, January 1-December 31, 2003, 108f
     identity theft, information misuse in identity fraud cases, January 1-December 31, 2003, 107t
     imprisonment, average length of, for each drug type, fiscal year 2001, 133f
     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)
     juvenile arrest rates for aggravated assault, 1980-2001, 74 (f5.6)
     juvenile arrest rates for all crimes, by race, 1980-2001, 77 (f5.16)
     juvenile arrest rates for all crimes, by sex, 1980-2001, 77 (f5.17)
     juvenile arrest rates for arson, 1980-2001, 75 (f5.12)
     juvenile arrest rates for burglary, 1980-2001, 75 (f5.9)
     juvenile arrest rates for drug abuse violations, 1980-2001, 76 (f5.13)
     juvenile arrest rates for forcible rape, 1980-2001, 73 (f5.4)
     juvenile arrest rates for larceny-theft, 1980-2001, 75 (f5.10)
     juvenile arrest rates for motor vehicle theft, 1980-2001, 75 (f5.11)
     juvenile arrest rates for murder, 1980-2001, 73 (f5.3)
     juvenile arrest rates for Property Crime Index offenses, 1980-2001, 74 (f5.7)
     juvenile arrest rates for Property Crime Index offenses, by race, 1980-2001, 76 (f5.15)
     juvenile arrest rates for Property Crime Index offenses, by sex, 1980-2001, 78 (f5.19)
     juvenile arrest rates for robbery, 1980-2001, 74 (f5.5)
     juvenile arrest rates for Violent Crime Index offenses, 1980-2001, 73 (f5.1)
     juvenile arrest rates for Violent Crime Index offenses, by race, 1980-2001, 76 (f5.14)
     juvenile arrest rates for Violent Crime Index offenses, by sex, 1980-2001, 78 (f5.18)
     juvenile arrest rates for weapons law violations, 1980-2001, 85f
     juvenile arrests, estimated number of, 2001, 70t
     juvenile court processing of typical 1,000 delinquency cases, 2000, 81t
     larceny-theft, types of, 2002, 32 (f2.4)
     law enforcement, full-time law enforcement employees, as of October 31, 2002, 138t
     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
     law enforcement, gender/race of full-time federal officers with arrest and firearm authority, June 2002, 144f
     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)
     mental health treatment, inmates receiving, in state confinement facilities, by facility characteristic, June 30, 2000, 100 (t6.14)
     motor vehicle theft by month, 1998-2002, 31 (t2.14)
     murder circumstances, 1998-2002, 25t
     murder circumstances, by relationship, 2002, 24t
     murder offenders by age, sex, race, 2002, 22t
     murder, sniper-attack incidents, victims, offenders, 1982-2001, 27t
     murder, sniper-attack murder offenders, by age, sex, race, 1982-2001, 28t
     murder victim/offender, relationship between, by race, sex, 2002, 23t
     murder victims, by age, weapon used, 2002, 26t
     murder victims, by weapon used, 1998-2002, 33 (t2.16)
     national drug control budget, in billions, 2002-2005, 135f
     offender, age, race, sex of, 1996-2000, 30t
     offenses, number/percent of, by type, 2001-02, 14 (t1.8)
     Office of Justice programs' funds, allocation of, by type of justice activity, fiscal years 1990-2001, 16t-17t
     parole, characteristics of adults on, 1995, 2000, 2002, 102 (t6.18)
     personal and property crimes, number of, 2002, 40t
     persons held in state/federal prisons or local jails, number of, 1995-2002, 96 (t6.8)
     police disposition of juvenile offenders taken into custody, 2002, 72t
     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)
     prisoners under jurisdiction of state/federal correctional authorities, by region, jurisdiction, year end 2001-02, 93t
     prisons, state and federal, 96-97
     probation, characteristics of adults on, 1995, 2000, 2002, 102 (t6.17)
     property crime arrest rates per 100,000 population, age-specific, 1980/1994/2001, 74 (f5.8)
     property crime victimization rates, by type of crime, region, residence locality, 2002, 47t
     property stolen/recovered, by type and value, 2002, 14 (t1.9)
     public opinion poll of high school seniors reporting that they worry about crime/violence, by sex, race, region, college plans, illicit drug use, 1990-2001, 147t
     public opinion poll on attitudes of respondents toward most important problem facing the country, 1983-2003, 143t
     public opinion poll on respondents' attitude toward level of crime, 1989-2002, 144t
     public opinion poll on respondents' attitudes toward crime in own area, 1972-2002, 145 (t9.11)
     public opinion poll on respondents' fear of walking alone at night, within one mile of own area, 1965-2002, 145 (t9.12)
     public opinion poll on selected behaviors of respondents because of concern over crime, 2002, 146t
     robberies, percent distribution of, by region, type of weapon used, 2002, 31 (t2.12)
     robbery, number of bank robbery incidents reported, 1990-2001, 29f
     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 prison population under state jurisdiction, growth of, by race, Hispanic origin, offense, 1995-2001, 98 (t6.12)
      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)
     sentenced prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction, number of, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, age, 2002, 95 (t6.5)
     state prison population by offense type, 1980-2001, 132f
     urine test results on drug use by adult male arrestees, 2002, 131t
     victimization rates for persons age 12 and over, by gender, marital status of victims, type of crime, 2002, 46t
     victimization rates for persons age 12 and over, by type of crime, annual family income of victims, 2002, 45t
     victimizations, number of, and victimization rates by type of crime, race of head of household, 2002, 44t
     victimizations, number of, and victimization rates for persons age 12 and over, by crime type, gender, race of victims, 2002, 42t
     victimizations, percent reported to police, by type of crime, gender, race of victims, 2002, 41t
     victim's perception of use of alcohol/drugs by violent offender, 2002, 134 (t8.9)
     violent crime arrest rates per 100,000 population, age-specific, 1980/1994/2001, 73 (f5.2)
     violent crimes by victim-offender relationship, type of crime, weapon used, 2002, 50t-51t
     violent/property crime rates, by region, 2002, 6f
     violent victimization rates by age, 1973-2000, 43t
     workplace homicides by victim characteristics, type of event, selected occupation and industry, 1992-2001, 35t-36t

Status offenses
     ages of offenders, 79-80
     defined, 73
     detention/case processing of, 80-81
     gender of offenders, 80
     overview of, 79
     race of offenders, 80

Stern, Donald K., 116

Stevens, John Paul, 53, 92

Stock market, 112-113

Stolen property, 9-10

Store theft. See Retail store theft

Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 2000, 52

Strengthening America Act by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism, 120

Strom, J., 33

Suicide
     firearm-related deaths, 34
     by juveniles with guns, 85
     at school, 86

Sunbeam, 108

2000 Survey of Youth Gangs in Indian Country (National Youth Gang Center), 84

Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR), 120

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