Maine Crime and
Punishement 1978- 2012 (original) (raw)
| Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates 1978 51.7 600.8 11.6 1979 57.0 613.0 10.8 1980 59.5 610.8 10.3 1981 71.1 600.4 8.4 1982 78.5 532.7 6.8 1983 75.2 511.8 6.8 1984 73.3 495.4 6.8 1985 105.5 517.9 4.9 1986 106.1 478.4 4.5 1987 104.5 490.1 4.7 1988 100.8 499.4 5.0 1989 117.4 481.9 4.1 1990 120.2 498.7 4.1 1991 125.9 495.7 3.9 1992 120.5 470.2 3.9 1993 116.4 428.5 3.7 1994 112.7 444.2 3.9 1995 106.6 446.7 4.2 1996 108.2 451.8 4.2 1997 122.9 421.9 3.4 Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates 1998 130.3 417.3 3.2 1999 131.3 388.3 3.0 2000 128.0 360.6 2.8 2001 127.7 369.8 2.9 2002 140.4 362.5 2.6 2003 149.7 353.6 2.4 2004 149.9 345.1 2.3 2005 145.2 354.4 2.4 2006 151.9 367.4 2.4 2007 148.0 360.9 2.4 2008 150.4 364.9 2.4 2009 150.2 360.4 2.4 2010 146.3 370.0 2.5 2011 146.9 377.9 2.6 2012 145.4 373.8 2.6 2013 148.5 350.8 2.4 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 46 38 39 1979 45 41 36 1980 46 46 35 1981 46 45 33 1982 45 46 32 1983 46 46 34 1984 46 46 35 1985 41 46 25 1986 41 46 21 1987 42 46 25 1988 45 46 29 1989 45 46 25 1990 47 45 27 1991 47 46 26 1992 47 46 27 1993 47 48 27 1994 48 47 36 1995 48 47 38 1996 49 46 42 1997 48 47 40 Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates 1998 48 46 41 1999 49 47 39 2000 49 49 42 2001 50 49 43 2002 49 48 37 2003 49 48 36 2004 49 49 37 2005 49 48 42 2006 49 46 41 2007 50 46 43 2008 50 50 43 2009 50 50 43 2010 50 49 45 2011 50 50 46 2012 50 50 45 2013 50 49 44 Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates |
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