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
N/A: Not in top 25 offenses for those years.
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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