| Weapons Prosecutions Slip from FY 2012 Pace |
(06 Mar 2013)
During January 2013, there were 493 new federal criminal prosecutions in the weapons category, according to the latest available data from the Justice Department.
This represents a drop of 4 percent from the previous month and a decrease of about 12 percent from what it was a year ago. For more details, including district rankings, see the report at:
http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/weapons/fil/With only four months of data in FY 2013, it is too soon to tell whether this downturn is temporary or represents a change from the upward trend seen for FY 2012. For more information on trends in weapons prosecutions since 1986, see TRAC's previous report at: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/crim/307/In addition to these reports on the enforcement of federal weapons laws, TRAC continues to offer free reports on program categories such as immigration, drugs, terrorism and white collar crime. TRAC's reports also monitor the enforcement activities of selected government agencies such as ATF, DHS, the FBI and the IRS. For the latest information on prosecutions and convictions through January 2013, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/Even more detailed criminal enforcement information for the period from FY 1986 through January 2013 is available to TRACFed subscribers via the Express and Going Deeper 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. To keep up with TRAC, follow us on Twitter @tracreports or like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/tracreportsTRAC 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/ |
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