Texas Crime and
Punishement 1978- 2012 (original) (raw)
| Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates 1978 182.1 947.5 5.2 1979 191.0 1049.6 5.5 1980 208.5 1109.6 5.3 1981 213.6 1084.2 5.1 1982 235.8 1149.6 4.9 1983 223.8 1051.7 4.7 1984 229.2 1057.5 4.6 1985 230.6 1151.9 5.0 1986 232.7 1333.8 5.7 1987 233.6 1340.2 5.7 1988 242.6 1389.1 5.7 1989 261.9 1385.3 5.3 1990 293.4 1467.9 5.0 1991 297.0 1538.0 5.2 1992 340.5 1431.5 4.2 1993 506.6 1329.8 2.6 1994 636.7 1223.1 1.9 1995 673.9 1166.0 1.7 1996 684.5 1150.9 1.7 1997 711.0 1090.3 1.5 Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates 1998 716.9 1019.3 1.4 1999 753.3 1007.4 1.3 2000 754.4 986.1 1.3 2001 717.5 1028.6 1.4 2002 699.1 1041.7 1.5 2003 709.7 1013.1 1.4 2004 703.1 990.7 1.4 2005 698.4 960.0 1.4 2006 694.1 924.5 1.3 2007 678.3 922.7 1.4 2008 670.7 907.6 1.4 2009 654.4 892.5 1.4 2010 652.0 825.1 1.3 2011 632.7 756.9 1.2 2012 601.2 744.9 1.2 2013 601.9 725.6 1.2 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 7 19 7 1979 6 17 9 1980 6 16 7 1981 7 18 11 1982 9 13 15 1983 12 14 17 1984 14 14 21 1985 14 12 26 1986 14 5 31 1987 16 5 33 1988 18 4 35 1989 20 5 39 1990 17 5 37 1991 21 9 38 1992 14 9 32 1993 2 11 6 1994 1 13 2 1995 1 15 1 1996 1 13 2 1997 1 15 1 Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates 1998 2 16 2 1999 2 10 3 2000 2 10 4 2001 3 9 9 2002 3 8 11 2003 2 8 9 2004 2 9 8 2005 2 10 10 2006 2 13 9 2007 3 12 9 2008 3 10 11 2009 4 11 14 2010 3 12 9 2011 4 15 8 2012 5 15 9 2013 5 15 10 Year Inmates /100,000 New Index * Index/ Inmates |
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