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OFFENSE: Offense with longest sentence

Name: OFFENSE

Label: Offense with longest sentence

Response Categories

CodeLabelFreq.%
0 Unknown --
001 Illegal discharge of pollutants --
002 Transport haz waste/used oil-no manifest --
003 Failure to notify release of hazard waste --
011 Assaulting or resisting a Federal officer --
013 Assaulting foreign officials or official guests --
014 Threat/injure family member of fed official --
020 020 - Documentation currently N/A --
021 Agriculture acts-including farm security act --
022 Enter national bank to commit felony --
023 Federal deposit insurance laws --
024 Federal reserve act violations --
025 Federal housing laws --
026 Reconstruction finance corporation --
027 Securities laws- except transport & forgery --
028 Securities laws- transport & forgery --
029 Gold reserve act --
030 Bail reform act-failure to appear --
031 Concealing assets --
032 Penalty for off committed on release --
041 Offering or accepting a bribe --
050 Burglary - postal- 5 years or less --
051 Burglary- other including bank burglary --
052 Burglary involving controlled substances --
061 Contempt of court- civil contempt --
062 Contempt of congress --
063 Criminal contempt --
070 Counterfeiting- postal- money orders --
071 Counterfeiting- money or securities --
072 Counterfeiting- securities state & private --
073 Counterfeit acts committed outside the US --
081 Smuggling- except liquor or drug --
082 Tariff act violations --
083 Undervaluation and other customs frauds --
084 Customs laws - other --
085 Customs laws-stolen motor vehicles --
090 Destruction of energy facility --
091 Malicious mischief --
100 Embezzlement- postal --
101 Embezzlement- bank --
102 Embezzlement- other --
103 Embezzlement- employee benefit plan --
110 Escape --
111 Avoid apprehension thru interstate travel --
112 Escape of a Federal prisoner --
113 Harboring a fugitive except military or POW --
114 Providing/posessing contraband in prison --
115 Mutiny/riot fed penal or correctional facility --
116 Misprison of a felony- prison breach --
117 Transporting explosives --
118 Import/mfg/distribute/store explosives --
119 Explosives- licensing --
120 Extortion- sending threats through mail --
121 Extortion- bomb threat by phone --
122 Extortion-credit transactions --
123 Property destruction by explosives --
124 Death or personal injury by explosives --
126 Extortion 18 USC 880 --
128 Criminal default on fine --
130 Use of firearm during a Federal crime --
131 Federal firearms act- transporting --
132 National firearms act --
133 Import weapons/guns-gun control act --
134 Licensing- gun control act of 1968 --
135 Use of restricted ammunition --
136 Firearms laws- armed career criminal act --
137 Firearms laws- armed career criminal act --
138 Firearms --
140 Forgery- postal including money orders --
141 Forgery- transport forged checks --
142 Forgery- other altering checks --
143 Forgery- U S securities --
144 Forgery- motor vehicle identification nos --
150 Fraud- postal --
151 Fraud- bondsman --
152 Fraud- all veterans benefits --
153 Fraud- other including --
154 Fraud-false statement for government employ --
155 Fraud- servicemens dependants allowance --
156 Bank fraud --
157 Fraud in connection with access devices --
158 Fraud in connection with computers --
159 Telemarketing fraud --
161 Murder or manslaughter of U S official --
162 Murder or manslaughter of foreign official or guest --
163 Foreign murder of US nationals --
165 Killing persons aiding federal investigation --
166 Sexual abuse resulting in death --
170 Entry of an alien (8 USC 1325) --
171 Immigration- illegal entry --
172 Immigration-smuggling & import aliens --
173 Immigration- held for immigration authorities only --
181 Impersonation of Federal official --
182 False personation of U S citizen --
183 Impersonation of foreign diplomats --
191 Internal revenue- gambling taxes --
192 Internal revenue- excise taxes --
193 Internal revenue- income tax evasion --
194 Internal revenue- inheritance taxes --
195 Internal revenue- social security taxes --
Total75388100%

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Summary Statistics

  • total responses: 75388
  • valid: 75388
  • invalid: 0

Source

This variable was taken from: Federal Justice Statistics Program: Offenders Admitted to Prison, 2003. You may:

Series

This study is part of the Federal Justice Statistics Program Data Series. You may: