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In 1998 there were an estimated 3.2 million arrests of women, accounting for 22 of all arrests that year. Based on selfreports of victims of violence, women account for 14 of violent offenders, an annual average of about 2.1 million violent female offenders.Women accounted for about 16 of all felons convicted in State courts in 1996: 8 of convicted violent felons, 23 of property felons, and 17 of drug felons. In 1998 more than 950,000 women were under correctional supervision, about 1 of the U.S. female populatio

 


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