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

Figure 5.11 Obscenity complaints received by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and conmercial pornography dealers convicted in Federal courts, fiscalyears 1969-82N:lTE: See N:lTE, Table 5.33. Section 3010 of Title 39 U.S.C. requires the U.S. Postal Service to maintain a listof persons who do not desire to receive sexually-oriented advertisements and prohibits the moiling of suchmaterial to any if'dividual whose nome and Ilddress has been on the list for more thon 30 doys."'1,"Number of complaints(in thousands)300250/200150100---r\4.266\ ~ November 1969 "",'" advertisement ""Sexually-orientedProgram to Intensify statutesFederal Prosecutive 139 U.S.C. 3010)Effortmplemented1\\Dealers convictedFiscal years1982 - 5"1981 - 8"1980 - 16"1979 -11"1978 - 16"1977 -11"1976 - 361975 -361974 -321973 - 271972 -301971 - 231970 -141969 -1650o-i'"~r---.....1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974T~~1975 1976 1977I11978 1979 198019811982oDe crease due to U.S. Deportment of Justice policy of emphasizingprosecution of dealers with lorge-scale operations and those having knownorganized crime connections.Source: U.S. Postal Service, Postal Inspection Service, United States Postal Inspection Service 1977 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office,1978), p. 6; and data provided to SD.RCEBOO< staff by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Chief Postal Inspector. Figure adopted by SD.RCEBOO< stoff.\41..o ,o