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U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Crime and Justice in the United States and
England and Wales, 1981-96
Compares crime in the United States and England with respect to
crime rates (as measured both by victimization surveys and police
statistics), conviction rates, incarceration rates, and length
of sentences. Crime rates as measured in victim surveys are all
higher in England than the United States. Crime rates as measured
in police statistics are higher in England for half of the
measured crime types. A person committing serious crime in the
United States is generally more likely than one in England to be
caught, convicted, and incarcerated. Incarceration sentences are
also generally longer in the United States than England. 9/98.
NCJ 169284
Press release(6K)
Full report: Acrobat file (659K) | HTML version
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Subsections of the report:
Hightlights Acrobat file (99K)
Report without methodology Acrobat file (426K)
Methodology Acrobat file (273K)
Supporting spreadsheets for Appendix 2:
United States data (29K zip file)
English data (24K zip file)