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Criminal History Records in the United States


Chart of criminal history records total, in III, and with dispositions in 1999
Growth in Records 1993-99 and 1997-99
    Percent change in the number
of records from:
     

 
    1993 - 99 1997 - 99  
  Total records 23.4% 9.4%  
  Available through III* 45.5% 10.4%  
  Includes dispositions 78.9% 14.4%  

    Records in millions  
    1993 1997 1999  
   

 
  Total records 50.6 57.1 62.4  
  Available through III* 25.5 33.6 37.1  
  Includes dispositions 13.0 20.3 23.2  
 


* Interstate Identification Index, FBI data through June 1999
Source: BJS\SEARCH Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 1999, (data as of December 31, 1999) October, 2000.

Detailed data by State in text table
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