Data source note

Analysis of arrest data from unpublished FBI reports for 1980 through 1997 and from Crime in the United States reports for 1998, 1999, and 2000 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999, 2000, and 2001, respectively); population data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1980 to 1999 (With Short-term Projection to Dates in 2000) [machine-readable data files available online, released April 11, 2000].



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