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NCJ 160934
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| Title:
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Noncitizens in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 1984-94
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| Author(s):
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J Scalia
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| Corporate Author:
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US Dept of Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics
United States
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| Sale:
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National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States |
| Agency Summary Url:
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Agency Summary |
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Text PDF |
| Publication Date:
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1996 |
| Pages:
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12 |
| Type:
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Surveys |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Note:
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Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, August 1996. |
| Annotation:
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Between 1984 and 1994, the number of noncitizens serving a sentence of imprisonment in Federal prisons increased by an average of 15 percent annually, from 4,088 to 18,929; in contrast, the overall Federal prison population increased by an average of 10 percent annually, from 31,105 to 87,437. |
| Abstract:
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Of noncitizens prosecuted in Federal courts during 1994, 55 percent were in the United States legally. During 1984, about 35 percent of noncitizens prosecuted in Federal courts were charged with a drug offense. By 1994, the proportion charged with a drug offense increased to 45 percent. Nearly all prosecutions for immigration offenses (93 percent) involved noncitizens, and 1.4 percent of noncitizens prosecuted in Federal courts were charged with a violent crime, compared to 8.5 percent of citizens. Noncitizens convicted of a Federal drug offense were more likely than citizens to have played a minor role in the drug conspiracy. About 29 percent of noncitizens convicted of a drug offense received a downward sentencing adjustment for mitigating role, compared to 14 percent of citizens. 14 tables and 3 figures |
| Main Term(s):
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Inmate statistics |
| Index Term(s):
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Offender statistics ; Violent crimes ; Immigration offenses ; Drug law offenses ; Federal courts ; Violent offenders ; Drug offenders ; Aliens ; Alien criminality |
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