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1992 Felony Sentences U.S. 1 (1992)

handle is hein.death/felsus1992 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs May 1996, NCJ-153257 Felony Sentences in the United States, 1992 By Patrick A. Langan, Ph.D. BJS Statistician In 1992 Federal courts convicted 41,673 persons of violent, property, drug, and other felonies. State courts convicted 893,630, bringing the com- bined U.S. total to 935,303 felons convicted. Table 1. Convictions in State and Federal courts for all felonies and for drug trafficking, 1986 and 1992 Annual percent chanae 1986 1990 to to 1990 1992 1990 1992 All felonies Total 614,301 866,028 State 582,764 829,344 Federal 31,537 36,684 Drug trafficking Total 87,096 183,358 State 76,437 168,360 Federal 10,659 14,998 Convic- tions 1986 935,303 893,630 41,673 188,358 170,806 17,551 9.0% 3.9% 9.2 3.8 3.9 6.6 20.5% 1.4% 21.8 .7 8.9 8.2 Felony convictions, 1986-92 The 866,028 felony convictions in State and Federal courts in 1990 were 41%greater than the 614,301 in 1986 (table 1).1 This rise from 1986 to 1990 largely resulted from a total increase of 111% in the number of drug traffick- 'An annual change of 9.0% over 4 years accumulates to a 41% change from 1986 to 1990. ing convictions. From 1990 to 1992 to- tal felony convictions went up 8%. This increase was not driven by drug trafficking convictions, which rose just 3% during this period, despite a 17% increase in Federal drug trafficking cases in the 2-year period. Hihlgs 9 In 1992 Federal courts convicted 41,673 persons of violent, property, drug, and other felonies. State courts convicted 893,630, bringing the combined U.S. total to 935,303 felons convicted. Federal courts ac- counted for 5% of the national total. 9 Between 1990 and 1992 the num- ber of felony convictions increased 8% in State courts and 14% in Fed- eral courts. 9 In 1992 State and Federal courts together imposed a prison sentence on 45% of all persons convicted of a felony. Federal courts sentenced 59% of felons to prison; and State courts, 44%. * State and Federal courts together sentenced to prison 60% of the 168,000 felons convicted of a violent crime in 1992. * In 1992 the average prison sen- tence imposed was the same in State and Federal courts: about 61/2 years. * On average before release from prison in 1992, Federal felons had served 76% of their sentence and State felons had served 43%. If these percentages are applied to 1992 sentences, felons sent to prison would serve an estimated average of about 5 years if convicted in a Federal court and 3 years if convicted in a State court.

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