Crime stays level in 2002, but women gain on men in arrests, FBI finds

[goobergunch]

CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer Monday, October 27, 2003

(10-27) 15:27 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

Women now make up a bigger slice of all those arrested in the United States, according to an FBI report released Monday that also found crime overall remained essentially level last year.

Arrests of men and women in 2002 are part of the FBI's annual look at serious crime. It found a slight increase -- less than one-tenth of 1 percent -- to about 11.9 million murders, rapes, thefts, robberies, burglaries, aggravated assaults and vehicle thefts.

Men still accounted for the vast majority of adults arrested for these and other crimes -- about 77 percent of the total. But women are gaining ground, with the 1.9 million arrested in 2002 representing 23 percent. That is a 14 percent increase from 1993, a period during which arrests of men have fallen almost 6 percent.

An even larger jump occurred between 1986 and 1995, when arrests of women rose by almost 38 percent. During those years, women were being placed in custody more frequently for almost all crimes, including violent offenses such as murder, robbery and aggravated assaults.

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[mbperrin]

1. Finally - some growth statistics for the *

misAdministration that I can believe!

[Rose Siding]

2. 4.7% increase is "level"?

"* There were about 95,100 forcible rapes in 2002, an increase of 4.7 percent."

Doesn't sound like party time to me. Sounds like increasing aggression, rage and violence.

Quick question: "forcible" rape? As opposed to...? Reminds me of the marquis "live nude women".