NCJ Number
247319
Editor(s)
Rob McManus
Date Published
2012
Length
197 pages
Annotation
This report on criminal and juvenile justice trends in South Carolina in 2011 presents information on criminal and juvenile justice in the State, as well as statistics on crime rates, arrests, the courts, inmates, probationers, and parolees, along with discussions of concerns about crime and the clarification of misconceptions about the State's criminal justice system.
Abstract
The report indicates that the State's violent-crime rate decreased 9.8 percent from 2009 to 2010. Since 1975, the violent-crime rate has increased 19.5 percent. The State's murder rate decreased 17.4 percent from 2009 to 2010, and it decreased 61.7 percent from 1975 through 2010. The rape rate decreased 7.2 percent from 2009 to 2010, and from 1975 to 2010, it has increased 28.1 percent. The property crime rate decreased less than 1 percent from 2009 to 2010, and from 1975 to 2010, it decreased 2.3 percent. The violent-crime arrest rate decreased 14.9 percent from 2009 to 2010. From 1976 through 2010, the violent-crime arrest rate has decreased 4 percent. The property crime arrest rate decreased 9.8 percent from 2009 to 2010. From 1976 through 2010, the property-crime arrest rate decreased 3.2 percent. Court data pertain to the activity by the General Sessions, magisterial, and municipal courts. Data on jails include capacity and use. Corrections data pertain to incarceration rate, the inmate population, annual cost per inmate, inmate offenses, inmate characteristics, and release rate. Data are also provided on probation and parole rates, failures, and probationer and parolee characteristics. Data on juvenile justice address arrests, offenses, offense rates, and dispositions. Criminal justice fiscal data are also presented. Extensive tables and figures