Data source notes

1. Analysis of arrest data from unpublished FBI reports for 1972 through 1994 and from Crime in the United States reports for 1995, 1996, and 1997 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996, 1997, and 1998, respectively); population data from the Bureau of the Census for 1972 through 1979 from Current Population Reports, P25-917 (Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1982), for 1980 through 1989 from Current Population Reports, P25-1095 (Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1993), and for 1990 through 1997 from Population of the U.S. and States by Single Year of Age and Sex [machine-readable data files released August 1998].

2. Analysis of arrest data from an unpublished FBI report for 1980 and from Crime in the United States 1997 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998); population data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census for 1980 from Current Population Reports, P25-1095, (Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1993), and for 1997 from Population of the U.S. and States by Single Year of Age and Sex: 1997 [machine-readable data file released August 1998].

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