According to the U.S. Department of Justice there are now 1.5 million individuals in prison facilities in the U.S. For the following types of offenses:
Drug Offense
59.6%
Robbery
9.8%
Property Offenses
5.5%
Extortion, Fraud, Bribery
6.8%
Violent Offenses
2.7%
Firearms, Explosives, Arson
8.6%
White Collar
1.0%
Immigration
2.8%
Courts or Corrections
0.8%
National Security
0.1%
Continuing Criminal Enterprise
0.8%
Miscellaneous
1.5%
Source Bureau Justice Statistics online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
The following table labeled Table 1.0 shows the drug arrested for each year running from 1986 to 2002, the drug categories and the number of arrested in that category as the kilograms or dosage units of drugs seized during the arrest..
Table 1.0
It is clear that the trafficking of drugs in the United States is focused on by the Drug...
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