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Arrests Do Not Necessarily Represent Solved Crimes
Loaded on April 12, 2019
by Edward Lyon
published in Criminal Legal News
May, 2019, page 14
Filed under:
Crime/Demographics,
Statistics/Trends,
Arrest and Booking,
Arrest Warrants.
Location:
United States of America.
by Ed Lyon
Statistics show that the United States of America incarcerates more of its citizens per capita than any other legal jurisdiction in the world. The entry into the incarceration nation begins with the simple arrest by a member of one of the 18,000 law enforcement agencies throughout ...
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