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To: combjelly who wrote (395135)	6/30/2008 6:56:24 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579241

Any more questions? Sure - why do we have more people in prison than the rest of the world and what is their crime? Once you get back with drugs - then tell me if those same people not allowed to own firearms (by law) dealing in illegal drugs are violent and responsible for a large percentage of the murder rate. PS: Here's a 1991 study by DOJ saying even violent people only served half their sentences - can;t find anything more recent yet - but I doubt it's changed much. ojp.usdoj.gov A 1991 BJS survey of inmates in State prisons indicated that prisoners also believe that they are likely to serve just under half of the sentence they received. For each of the violent offenses, prisoners reported: Type of Average Expected time Percent offense sentence to serve of sentence ------------------------------------------------------- All violent 216 months 100 months 46% Murder 381 178 47 Manslaughter 185 81 44 Sexual assault 211 95 45 Robbery 200 82 41 Assault 158 68 43 ------------------------------------------------------- 7 in 10 prisoners with a life sentence expect to be released Here's some more evidence it's drugs and apparently black youth culture more than any other group: ojp.usdoj.gov The demographic characteristics of homicide victims and offenders differ from the general population Based on data for the years 1976-2005 - Blacks are disproportionately represented as both homicide victims and offenders. The victimization rates for blacks were 6 times higher than those for whites. The offending rates for blacks were more than 7 times higher the rates for whites. Males represent 77% of homicide victims and nearly 90% of offenders. The victimization rates for males were 3 times higher than the rates for females. The offending rates for males were 8 times higher than the rates for females. Approximately one-third of murder victims and almost half the offenders are under the age of 25. For both victims and offenders, the rate per 100,000 peaks in the 18-24 year-old age group. Victims and Offenders by Demographic Group, 1976-2005 Percent of - Rate per 100,000 population Victims Offenders Population Victims Offenders Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 7.8 8.7 Age Under 14 4.8% .5% 20.5% 1.8 .2 14-17 5.0% 10.4% 6.1% 6.4 14.9 18-24 23.9% 36.6% 10.8% 17.0 29.3 25-34 28.8% 28.4% 15.7% 14.2 15.8 35-49 22.8% 17.3% 20.5% 8.6 7.3 50-64 9.3% 5.1% 14.2% 5.1 3.1 65+ 5.3% 1.7% 12.3% 3.4 1.2 Gender Male 76.5% 88.8% 48.8% 12.3 15.8 Female 23.5% 11.2% 51.2% 3.6 1.9 Race White 50.9% 45.8% 83.7% 4.7 4.8 Black 46.9% 52.2% 12.3% 29.6 36.9 Other 2.1% 2.0% 4.0% 4.1 4.4