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6-18. Twenty-five Most Serious Offenses of Inmates Admitted to the South Carolina Department of Corrections: Fiscal Years 1995 - 1997

                                                              FY96-97 CHANGE
 OFFENSE                                                                        FY 1997
 CLASSIFICATION               FY 1995   FY 1996   FY 1997    NUMBER   PERCENT   RANK 1/

 Dangerous Drugs               2,673     2,775     2,733       -42      -1.5         1
 Traffic  Offenses             1,169     1,188     1,049      -139     -11.7         3
 Burglary                      1,381     1,457     1,433       -24      -1.6         2
 Fraudulent Activity             481       702       882       180      25.6         4
 Larceny                         646       709       721        12       1.7         6
 Assault                         780       792       791        -1      -0.1         5
 Robbery                         679       652       653         1       0.2         7
 Forgery/Counterfeiting          238       308       317         9       2.9         9
 Stolen Vehicle                  432       451       431       -20      -4.4         8
 Obstructing Justice             132        32        49        17      53.1        20
 Family Offense                  327       155       155         0       0.0        15
 Homicide                        285       278       280         2       0.7        10
 Weapon Offense                  249       223       229         6       2.7        11
 Obstructing Police              258       225       192       -33     -14.7        13
 Sexual Assault                  220       237       226       -11      -4.6        12
 Public Peace                     64        29        33         4      13.8        22
 Stolen Property                 128       110       103        -7      -6.4        16
 Criminal Conspiracy            N/A       N/A         81      N/A       N/A         17
 Damaged Property                 89        77        66       -11     -14.3        18
 Sex Offenses                    115       132       159        27      20.5        14
 Invasion of Privacy              48        41        47         6      14.6        21
 Accessory to Felony            N/A       N/A         28      N/A       N/A         25
 Arson                            55        49        56         7      14.3        19
 Flight/Escape                    37        31        32         1       3.2        23
 Kidnapping                       21        28        31         3      10.7        24

1/: Ranking is in descending order according to offense; the offense category with the largest total number in FY 1997 is ranked number one.

Source: S.C. Department of Corrections, Annual Reports, Table 25; calculations by Office of Research and Statistics.

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