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Justice Extracts, 1988

NCJ Number
156436
Date Published
1989
Length
51 pages
Annotation
Detailed statistics are compiled on criminal justice, police, and corrections expenditures in 1988 for national, State, and local levels of government.
Abstract
The statistical tables include data on employment and payroll expenditures, percent distributions of direct expenditures by type of government, sworn and nonsworn police personnel, per capita expenditures, criminal justice employment per 10,000 population, direct expenditures for correctional activities, and large city and county expenditures. The data show criminal justice expenditures totaled $65,230,542 in 1988: $8,851,000 by the Federal Government, $22,836,919 by State governments, and $36,097,549 by local governments. Expenditures for police protection totaled $30,960,824: $4,954,000 by the Federal Government, $4,531,184 by State governments, and $22,370,517 by local governments. Corrections expenditures totaled $20,299,155: $1,258,000 by the Federal Government, $13,419,892 by State governments, and $6,900,613 by local governments. 20 tables