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