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    September 01, 1998

    Wisconsin Lawyer September 1998: Figuratively Speaking

    h3>Figuratively Speaking

    Percentage of all child abusers who are men, according to a study examining 161 infants who suffered either from Shaken Baby Syndrome and/or head impact injuries:

    68.5

    Percentage of these cases in which the child's father was the perpetrator:

    37

    Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny --   Edmund BurkePercentage of cases in which the stepfather committed the crime:

    31

    Percentage of cases in which the mother's boyfriend was the perpetrator:

    20.5

    Percentage of cases in which the mother was the abuser:

    12.6

    Percentage of the cases in which female babysitters were the abusers:

    17.3

    Percentage of the cases that involved male babysitters:

    3.9

    Source: Criminal Justice, Vol. 12, No. 2, Summer 1997


    Percentage of American inmates whose crimes and incarceration involve drug and alcohol abuse:

    80

    Estimated number of crimes that could be prevented annually if release inmates could stay off drugs and crime:

    1 million

    The estimated annual per-inmate cost of prison rehabilitation programs of drug treatment, education, job training and health care:

    $6,500

    Source: America, Vol. 178, No. 5, Feb. 21, 1998


    Estimated cost worldwide of "locating, evaluating, and reprogramming applications" for Year 2000 compliance, according to the Gartner Group, an information technology consulting firm:

    $600 billion

    Expected cost in the U.S. alone of litigation arising out of the year 2000 problem:

    $1 trillion

    Source: Gartner Group


    Percentage of Clinton-appointed judges who are men:

    68.8

    Percentage who are women:

    31.2

    Percentage who are white:

    72.3

    "Reason is the life of the law, nay, the common law itself is nothing but reason."

    Sir Edward Coke

    Percentage who are African-American:

    18.8

    Percentage who are Hispanic:

    6.9

    Percentage who are Asian-American:

    1.5

    Percentage who are American Indian:

    0.5

    Source: US News & World Report, Vol. 122, No. 10, March 17, 1997


    Percentage of American teenagers who support the death penalty:

    81

    Percentage of American adults who support the death penalty:

    75

    Percentage of teens who feel that teenage offenders should be punished as adults:

    83

    Percentage of adults who believe that teenage offenders should be punished as adults:

    70

    Source: Iowa Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 5, August 1997


    Number of civil cases that were filed in American federal district courts in 1966: 71,000

    Number of civil cases that were filed in American federal district courts in 1996: 269,000

    Source: Alabama Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 1, Fall 1997


    Number of U.S. states that notify communities of the presence, name, and address of convicted sex offenders:

    43

    Source: American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, Winter 1998


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