6-19. Twenty-Five Most Serious Offenses of Inmates
Admitted to the South Carolina Department of Corrections: Fiscal Years
1993-1995
FY94-95 CHANGE
OFFENSE FY 1995
CLASSIFICATION FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 NUMBER PERCENT RANK 1/
Dangerous Drugs 2,766 2,736 2,673 -63 -2.3 1
Traffic Offenses 1,746 1,660 1,169 -491 -29.6 3
Burglary 1,017 1,215 1,381 166 13.7 2
Fraudulent Activity 769 849 481 -368 -43.3 7
Larceny 1,209 830 646 -184 -22.2 6
Assault 603 731 780 49 6.7 4
Robbery 512 625 679 54 8.6 5
Forgery/Counterfeiting 430 448 238 -210 -46.9 13
Stolen Vehicle 393 440 432 -8 -1.8 8
Obstructing Justice 234 412 132 -280 -68.0 15
Family Offense 609 408 327 -81 -19.9 9
Homicide 311 320 285 -35 -10.9 10
Weapon Offense 199 252 249 -3 -1.2 12
Obstructing Police 197 226 258 32 14.2 11
Sexual Assault 205 221 220 -1 -0.5 14
Public Peace 140 150 64 -86 -57.3 20
Stolen Property 195 148 128 -20 -13.5 16
Damaged Property 162 140 89 -51 -36.4 19
Sex Offenses 109 115 115 0 0.0 17
Invasion of Privacy 76 102 48 -54 -52.9 23
Miscellaneous N/A N/A 100 - - 18
Drunkenness 75 63 51 -12 -19.0 22
Arson 48 45 55 10 22.2 21
Flight/Escape N/A 36 37 36 100.0 24
Kidnapping N/A N/A 21 - - 25
1/: Ranking is in descending order according to offense; the offense category with the largest total number in FY 1995 is ranked number one.
number one.
Source: S.C. Department of Corrections, Annual Report 1994-1995 Table 9;
calculations by Office of Research and Statistics.
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