United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

intercepts of Communications— Criminal Justice System 183
N o . 3 0 7 . A u t h o r i z e d In t e r c e p t s o f C o m m u n i c a t io n — S u m m a r y : 1 9 7 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[Data tor jurisdictions with statutes authorizing or approving interception of wire or oral communication]
ITEM
1970 1973 1974 1975 1976
1977 1978 1979 I960 1961
Jurisdictions:1
With wiretap statutes.....................
Reporting interceptions...................
Intercept applications authorized...
Residence or apartment.............
Business or other................... .
Intercept installations.....................
Average length (days).............
Tap (telephone wiretap)..............
Bug2..........................................
Federal......................................
State..........................................
Intercepted communications, avg. *.....
Incriminating..................................
Persons arrested 4.......... ..................
Convictions \ .................................
Major offense specified:
Gambling......................................
Drugs............................................
Homicide and assault.....................
Larceny and theft..........................
Bribery...........................................
Extortion, usuary and loan sharking
Other............................................
19 24 24 24 24
12 20 19 18 21
596 664 728 701 686
366 656 419 455 435
230 306 309 246 251
562 812 694 676 635
22 24 23 22 23
536 731 633 620 581
44 61 61 56 54
179 130 120 106 136
403 662 574 570 496
656 610 850 654 662
296 304 431 305 272
1,874 2,308 2,162 2,234 2,180
151 409 179 338 358
325 446 381 408 378
127 229 199 178 190
21 47 21 16 10
31 36 22 5 9
16 25 25 21 24
17 21 14 27 17
59 60 66 46 58
24 24 26 28 29
19 20 20 22 22
626 570 653 564 589
410 361 393 385 403
216 209 160 179 186
601 560 533 524 582
25 24 24 24 2 4
554 510 484 475 489
47 50 49 49 73
77 81 87 79 106
524 479 443 445 458
656 738 866 1 ,0 5 6 848
268 205 252 316 190
2,191 1,825 1,717 1,871 1,735
372 337 366 259 248
265 241 204 199 156
237 195 250 282 3 1 8
22 25 29 13 33
20 7 7 10 7
17 15 4 1 7
13 14 15 9 7
52 73 44 50 61
'Jurisdictions include Federal Government, States, and beginning 1975, District of Columbia. *A listening device, e.g., a
microphone. Includes use of a microphone and telephone wiretap simultaneously. 3Average per authorized installation.
* Based on information received from Intercepts installed in year shown.
Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, R e p o rt o n A p p lic a tio n s to r O rd e rs A u th o riz in g o r A p p ro v in g th e In te rc e p tio n o f
W ire o r O ra l C o m m u n ic a tio n s , annual.
No. 308. C r i m i n a l J u s t i c e S y s t e m — P u b l i c E x p e n d it u r e s a n d E m p lo y m e n t , b y L e v e l o f
G o v e r n m e n t : 1 9 7 0 t o 1 9 7 9
[Expenditures are for fiscal years closing during the 12 months ending J u n e 30. Employment as of October. Expenditures are
direct expenditures only and on cash flow basis. See also Appendix 111and H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 9 7 0 , series H
1012-1027]
LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT
ANO ACTIVITY
EXPENDITURES (mil. dol.)
1970 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYMENT
Total1(1,000) Rate *
1970 1975 1979 1970 1975 1979
All governments 38,571 317,249 *19,681 *21,574 *24,132 *25,871 775 *1,051 * 1,178 38.0 *49.3 353.5
Police........... 5,080 9,786 11,028 11,865 13,120 13,812 489 625 653 24.0 29.3 29.7
Judicial.......... 1,190 2,068 2.428 2,638 3,067 3,389 96 132
Legal services 442 933 1,048 1,225 1,460 1,648 38 55
157
73
4.7
1.9
6.2
2.6
7.1
3.3
Public defense 102 280 331 404 524 597 3 6 9 .2 .3 .4
Corrections... 1,706 3,643 4,386 4,934 5.523 5,986 148 225 276 7.3 10.5 12.6
Federal Government...... *978 32,189 *2,450 *2,779 *3,122 *3,269 59 *96 *103 2.9 *4.5 *4.7
Police__ __ 589 1,461 1,612 1,765 1,952 1,948 40 69 73 1.9 3.2 3.3
Judicial.......... 129 165 219 290 321 370 7 7 8 .3 .3 .4
Legal services 102 177 149 186 216 266 7 7 8 .3 .3 A
Public defense............ . 56 87 104 140 209 240 (Z) (Z) 1
Corrections.... 83 217 256 299 337 354 6 11 12
.3 .5
(Z)
.6
State governments.__..... 32,134 *4,612 *5,204 *5,812 *6,688 *7,346 172 *263 *326 8.5 312.4 *14.9
Percent of total.......... 24.9 28.7 26.4 26.9 27.7 28.4 22.2 25.0 27.0
Police.....__________ ... 689 1.512 1,696 1.B00 1,692 1,988 56 92 92
(X)
2.7
(X)
4.3
(X)
4.2
Judicial......................... 282 496 585 651 1,013 1,207 18 26 48 .9 1.2 2.2
2 1 6 .3 .6 .9
Public defense.............. 9 65 70 78 98 118 1 3 4 .1 .2
Corrections.................. . 1,051 2,193 2.475 2,847 3,177 3.478 90 127 161 4.4 6.0 7.3
Legal services.............. 63 248 297 386 429 7 12 20
Local governments....... . 35,454 310,449 *12,027 *12,983 *14,322 *15,266 543 *691 *746 26.7 332.4 333.9
63.6 60.6 61.1 60.2 59.3 59.0 70.1 65.7 63.3 (X ) (x) (X )
Police.......................... 3,803 6,813 7,720 6,300 9,276 9,676 394 463 469 16.3 21.7 22.2
779 1,405 1,624 1,698 1.733 1,812 70 99 100 3.4 4.7 4,5
Legal services........... ... 257 540 651 >43 859 953 25 36 45 1.2 1.7 2.1
Public defense..—..____ 37 128 157 185 217 239 3 4 5 .1 .2 .2
Corrections................... 572 1,434 1,654 1,788 2,009 8,164 52 07 104 2.6 4.1 4.7
X Not applicable. Z Less than 500 or .05 percent. 'Derived by dividing total payroll by full-time payroll and multiplying
result by full-time employees. 2Rate per 10,000 estimated population as of July 1, excluding Armed Forces abroad.
’ Includes others not shown separately.
Source: 1970-1977, U.S. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and U.S, Bureau of the Census; 1978, U.S. Bureau of
Justice Statistics and U.S. Bureau of the Census; thereafter, U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Expenditure a n d Em ployment D ata
to r the Crim inal Justice System, annual.