Kentucky Crime and
Punishement 1978- 2012 (original) (raw)
| Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates 1978 93.9 503.2 5.4 1979 101.3 541.6 5.3 1980 97.9 583.4 6.0 1981 108.8 613.7 5.6 1982 109.4 640.3 5.9 1983 129.2 633.5 4.9 1984 130.4 545.9 4.2 1985 134.8 569.7 4.2 1986 143.4 610.2 4.3 1987 174.8 631.0 3.6 1988 193.5 610.6 3.2 1989 225.4 652.9 2.9 1990 244.3 681.3 2.8 1991 263.3 730.0 2.8 1992 275.2 814.3 3.0 1993 273.9 742.4 2.7 1994 287.5 733.3 2.6 1995 310.2 663.4 2.1 1996 329.4 605.1 1.8 1997 369.4 597.9 1.6 Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates 1998 376.1 544.5 1.4 1999 381.2 572.8 1.5 2000 368.5 561.0 1.5 2001 371.2 522.2 1.4 2002 380.6 536.9 1.4 2003 393.1 499.5 1.3 2004 413.2 499.1 1.2 2005 459.4 519.9 1.1 2006 462.5 517.5 1.1 2007 512.7 546.8 1.1 2008 491.1 565.4 1.2 2009 479.2 507.5 1.1 2010 458.6 499.0 1.1 2011 479.0 512.2 1.1 2012 489.2 482.5 1.0 2013 461.6 435.1 0.9 Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates | These pages compare reported crimes and imprisonment rates for every 100,000 people for each year in the 50 United States and rank the states by their crime and imprisonment rates. In order to compare crime to punishment we created a new crime index* and divided that index by the ratio of inmates to crimes in each state, as reported to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. We then ranked each State for each category, with the lowest number going to the highest rate. In an important new way, this table links crime to punishment within and between the States. *The traditional crime index is made up of the total crimes committed in each State. The problem with the old index is that it gives equal weight to every crime committed; and far more property crimes are reported than violent crimes. Since violent criminals make up about half the prison population and about ten times more property crimes are reported than violent crimes, for the new index* we divided the number of property crimes by ten and added to that the number of violent crimes to make up the new index*. | Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates 1978 28 47 9 1979 26 47 8 1980 27 47 13 1981 29 44 16 1982 30 39 23 1983 29 35 22 1984 31 44 15 1985 35 44 19 1986 34 42 19 1987 28 40 15 1988 27 41 9 1989 24 40 9 1990 24 39 6 1991 23 33 7 1992 23 33 11 1993 25 37 8 1994 26 37 10 1995 25 41 7 1996 24 43 4 1997 21 43 2 Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates 1998 22 43 4 1999 22 41 8 2000 25 41 9 2001 24 44 7 2002 26 43 8 2003 25 43 5 2004 20 44 6 2005 19 44 4 2006 19 43 5 2007 11 39 5 2008 12 34 5 2009 13 42 5 2010 15 40 6 2011 12 36 6 2012 12 43 5 2013 12 44 4 Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates |
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