News from TRAC

Federal Prosecution Data for July 2009

(14 Oct 2009) The latest case-by-case data from the Justice Department show that in July 2009 the government reported 14,706 new prosecutions. This represents a decrease of 6% from the previous month, and is virtually unchanged from a year ago. The immigration category continues to dominate the DOJ's caseload, accounting for 56% of all new cases filed in July in U.S. Federal Court. The second largest category was drugs, accounting for 33% of new prosecutions.

In addition to the most recent figures on prosecutions, TRAC continues to provide free reports on other current enforcement trends. Go to

http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/

for information on July 2009 convictions and prosecutions in the areas of drugs, white collar crime, immigration, official corruption and more. You can also find free reports on the enforcement activities of selected government agencies such as the IRS, FBI, DHS and DEA. The July 2009 criminal data are also available to TRACFED subscribers via the Express, Going Deeper and Analyzer tools. Go to http://tracfed.syr.edu for more information. Customized reports for a specific agency, district, program, lead charge or judge are available via the TRAC Data Interpreter, either as part of a TRACFED subscription or on a per-report basis. Go to http://trac.syr.edu/interpreter to start.

TRAC is self-supporting and depends on foundation grants, individual contributions and subscription fees for the funding needed to obtain, analyze and publish the data we collect on the activities of the US Federal government. To help support TRAC's ongoing efforts, go to:

http://trac.syr.edu/sponsor/