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Handbook of Criminal Justice Data, Fiscal Year 1981

NCJ Number
90251
Date Published
Unknown
Length
60 pages
Annotation
In 1981, Delaware's total Index crimes were 92.7 percent property crimes and 7.3 percent violent crimes.
Abstract
Information is given on the number of various types of law enforcement agencies in Delaware, the ranking of Delaware among the 50 States for various offenses, the number of offenses reported to the police, and statewide offenses by type. Tables delineate data on crime by each month for the whole State and for each county, adult and juvenile arrests by offense and county, and arrests by sex and race statewide and by county. Also reported are expenditures of the public defender's office, operating costs of the various courts, information on criminal caseloads and dispositions, expenditures of the Violent Crimes Compensation Board, and corrections statistics.