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The OLR has been doing some terrific work that I have been neglecting. One example is this report dated January 18, ‘08, titled essentially the same as the title of this post. Another is this report on the cost of incarceration broken down by correctional facility and the cost of a career criminal (answer: Northern CI, where it costs $100k to incarcerate one inmate for one year). All of the criminal justice reports are collected here. I’m still looking for data on racial disparities at sentencing, either in CT or elsewhere in the country.

The racial breakdown data is interesting and is reproduced after the jump.

Table 1: Murder Arrestees by Race in Connecticut

2000 to 2004

ar	White	Black	Other	Asian	Indian	Unknown	Total
2004	35	45	0	1	0	35	117
2003	44	34		2	0	28	108
2002	33	37		1	0	26	97
2001	50	54	0	Not listed	Not listed	1	138
2000	52	38	0	-	-	24	114

Table 2: Robbery Arrestees by Race in Connecticut

2000-2004

Year	White	Black	Asian	Indian	Unknown	Total
2004	839	884	6	1	6	1,736
2003	782	790	7	1	5	1585
2002	920	761	0	4	2	1687
			Other*
2001	801	754	5	-	-	1,560
2000	633	678	5-	-	-	1,316

*For 2001 and 2000 the statistics were reported as White, Black, and “Other Race”

Table 3: Rape Arrestees by Race in Connecticut

2000-2004

Year	White	Black	Asian	Indian	Unknown	Total
2004	203	100	2	0	1	306
2003	175	106	3	0	1	285
2002	217	118	0	0	0	335
			Other*
2001	206	109	0	-	-	315
2000	170	129	7	-	-	306

Table 4: Aggravated Assault Arrestees by Race in Connecticut

2000-2004

Year	White	Black	Asian	Indian	Unknown	Total
2004	2,676	1,657	28	2	16	4,379
2003	2884	1,083	47	6	9	3,967
2002	2,892	1550	31	10	9	4492
			Other*
2001	3,127	1,759	45			4,931
2000	3,191	1,661	43	-	-	4,895

*For 2001 and 2000 the statistics were reported as White, Black, and “Other Race”

Table 5: -Burglary Arrestees by Race in Connecticut

2000-2004

 

Year	White	Black	Asian	Indian	Unknown	Total
2004	2,263	665	15	0	28	2,971
2003	2,600	704	17	1	10	2,912
2002	2,462	688	30	1	8	3,189
			Other*
2001	2,276	699	18			2,993
2000	2,170	685	15	-	-	2,870

*For 2001 and 2000 the statistics were reported as White, Black, and “Other Race”

Table 6: Larceny Arrestees by Race in Connecticut

2000-2004

 

Year	White	Black	Asian	Indian	Unknown	Total
2004	10,235	3,894	134	20	79	14,362
2003	10,221	4,100	141	33	68	14,563
2002	11,226	4,573	161	21	60	16,041
			Other*
2001	11,057	4,828	184	-	-	16,069
2000	10,658	4,379	164	-	-	15,201

*For 2001 and 2000 the statistics were reported as White, Black, and “Other Race”

Table 7: Motor Vehicle Theft Arrestees by Race in Connecticut

2000-2004

 

Year	White	Black	Asian	Indian	Unknown	Total
2004	632	386	9	2	12	1,041
2003	745	495	9	3	7	1259
2002	915	570	4	1	5	1,495
			Other*
2001	706	588	10	-	-	1,304
2000	711	580	5	-	-	1,296

*For 2001 and 2000 the statistics were reported as White, Black, and “Other Race”

Table 8: Arson Arrestees by Race in Connecticut

2000-2004

 

Year	White	Black	Asian	Indian	Unknown	Total
2004	133	30	2	0	0	165
2003	143	29	0	1	0	173
2002	159	32	1	0	1	193
			Other*
2001	146	31	3	-	-	180
2000	178	34	0	-	-	212

*For 2001 and 2000 the statistics were reported as White, Black, and “Other Race”

Arrest Rates by Race in Connecticut 2000 - 2004

Table 9: Rape Arrest Rates per 100,000 People*

 

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
White	7	6	7	7	6
Black	30	31	34	31	37
Other	2	1	0	0	2

Rounded up to the nearest whole number

Table 10: Robbery Arrest Rates per 100,000 People*

 

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
White	29	27	31	27	21
Black	264	233	221	216	192
Other	9	9	4	3	3

Rounded up to the nearest whole number

Table 11: Aggravated Assault Arrest Rate per 100,000*

 

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
White	91	98	98	105	107
Black	496	319	450	503	472
Other	33	42	32	27	26

Rounded up to the nearest whole number

Table 12: Burglary Rate per 100,000*

 

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
White	74	77	83	88	76
Black	205	206	200	201	189
Other	11	12	25	17	25

Rounded up to the nearest whole number The incarceration rate per 100,000 is 211 for whites and 2532 for blacks

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