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

Percentage 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

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