Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

----------- _. ---~--------~------. - -_ ..Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Table 4.28 Arrests for offenses Clgaln3t rcdlroads, by offense and age group, United States and Canada, 1978-82t-OTE:Data In this table are complied from monthly statistical reports of railroad police.1978 1979 1980 1981Ju- Em- Ju- Em- Ju- Em- Ju- Em- Ju-Offense venlle Adult ployee venlle Adult ployee venlle Adult ployee venlle Adult ployee venlleTheft:Theft from freIght carsTheft from trailersTheft of entire trailerTheft from multi-levelcarrierTheft of copper wireTheft of brassTheft of other companypropertyBurglary of buildingsOther theftVandalism:Multi-level carriersCompony property andequipmentTrack and signalsSwitch tamperingTrack obstructionsStoning of trainsShooting of trainsOther vondalismTrespassingCriminal offensesnot listed1,75B565527737I5651832042085374363286801,663243318I,OIU45231295171181,306141250402351251916114661943426I15o21044481,777616~1288725261252091385 6782 465° 294I 740o 1,6232 2117 2841,25855421199376191,8851133473624212018153123461174331I125!11896451,243394410518736411252086014 58167 491o 2214 62512 1,408o 225II 23991938035169677452,4361814043127514531131III60III441521613522613431,1133283741513563143123° 7216 4972 461° 244o 7967 1,500o 2345 27098148222122636262,2981676213721614427264131481233024I9651521646694591o574724611381142 8713 506453167564o 1,324° 1396 1951982Adult74054632118207271,5121564184,055 28,531 73 3,440 42,254 63 2,408 36,304 12 3,042 42,938 12 2,818 51,757 22705 3,582 194 727 3,094 281 706 3,413 218 637 4,766 238 542 4,907 195Totol 12.76B 36.668 539 12.079 50,975 794 9,874 45,858 637 10,254 54,049 560 8,899 61,218 474Source: Table adopted by SaRCEBOO< from tables provided by the Association of American Railroads, Safety and Special Services DivIsion:26245144241401213860Em­ployee1270o4o3138314°6o° 7This section presents information relatingto the judicial disposition of juveniles andadults in the United States. Although theUniform Crime Reports and the NationalPrisoner Statistics programs provide nationwidedata on specific law enforcement andcorrectional activities, no comparable uniformState and local judicial processing data exist.Recent exceptions are data relating to casesfiled in State courts and data on individualspi"ocessed in juvenile courts, including theestimated number of delinquency cases handledby courts with juvenile jurisdiction in theU,ited States.Because of the limited amount of Stateand local judicial processing data, this sectionrelies heavily on data from the Federal courts.Included here are dato on the number and typeof civil and criminal cases filed, terminated,and pending in Federal courts; requests forimmunity; and the nature of proceedings,dispositions, and sentences imposed on Federa Idefendants. Additional tables present data onSection 5:JJDICIAL PROCESSING OF DEFENDANTSthe number and nature of cases that reach theFederal courts via appeal. For example,information on the number and type of prisonerpetitions filed in U.S. District Courts, as wellas the number of petitions for review on writof certiorari to the Supreme Court, is included.Also presented are data on the numberand type of court-authorized interceptions byState or Federal authorities of private wire ororal communications, including information onthe number, location, duration, and cost of theintercept devices; the types of criminaloffenses being investigated; the number ofinterceptions made, and the results (i.e.,arrests, convictions) of those intercepts.Judicial processing of postal violations,violations of U.S. immigration and nationalitylaws, and cases investigated by the U.S. SecretService also appear in this section. Finally,there is information relating to General andSpecial Courts-Martial of Army, Air Force,Navy, and Coast Guard personnel.472473