Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Filename:  fdluc04st26.csv,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Table 26.   Length of prison sentence received by defendants convicted of a felony, by most serious conviction offense, 2004",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Title: Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2004 - Statistical Tables   NCJ  221374",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Data source:  2004 State Court Processing Statistics Program,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Refer questions to:  askbjs@usdoj.gov   202-307-0765,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Authors:  Tracey Kyckelhahn and Thomas H. Cohen,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Date of version: 04/24/2008,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

"Table 26.   Length of prison sentence received by defendants convicted of a felony, by most serious conviction offense, 2004",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

,Felony defendants in the 75 largest counties convicted of a felony and sentenced to prison ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,Number of months,,, ,Percent receiving a maximum sentence length in months of —,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Most serious felony conviction offense,Number of defendants,Mean,,Median,,Total,,  1-24  ,, 25-48 ,,49-72 ,,73-120 ,,Over 120* ,,Life,
All offenses,"10,156",51,mo,30,mo,100,%,48,%,26,%,11,%,7,%,6,%,1,%
Violent offenses,"2,246",93,mo,48,mo,100,%,26,%,24,%,16,%,14,%,16,%,3,%
Murder,109,268,,226,,100,,0,,12,,0,,15,,50,,24,
Rape,100,157,,120,,100,,0,,13,,16,,29,,33,,9,
Robbery,749,101,,60,,100,,17,,26,,17,,21,,17,,3,
Assault,874,68,,36,,100,,36,,25,,19,,9,,10,,1,
Other violent,415,72,,36,,100,,37,,24,,14,,8,,16,,1,
Property offenses,"3,483",39,mo,24,mo,100,%,57,%,25,%,9,%,5,%,4,%,--,%
Burglary,"1,045",55,,36,,100,,42,,29,,14,,9,,5,,1,
Larceny/theft,997,25,,16,,100,,74,,19,,4,,2,,2,,0,
Motor vehicle theft,504,35,,24,,100,,52,,32,,10,,4,,2,,0,
Forgery,224,43,,30,,100,,49,,26,,15,,2,,8,,0,
Fraud,277,38,,24,,100,,57,,16,,16,,7,,4,,0,
Other property,435,38,,24,,100,,63,,24,,4,,4,,6,,0,
Drug offenses,"3,145",38,mo,24,mo,100,%,51,%,29,%,11,%,7,%,3,%,0,%
Trafficking,"1,452",48,,36,,100,,37,,33,,17,,9,,4,,0,
Other drug,"1,692",31,,24,,100,,63,,25,,6,,4,,2,,0,
Public-order offenses,"1,252",38,mo,24,mo,100,%,56,%,28,%,10,%,3,%,3,%,0,%
Weapons   ,514,43,,30,,100,,46,,31,,13,,6,,3,,0
Driving-related,409,34,,24,,100,,58,,28,,11,,2,,2,,0
Other public-order,330,34,,19,,100,,71,,21,,2,,0,,5,,0

Note: Data on length of prison sentence were available for 99% of all cases in which a defendant received a prison sentence.  Seven percent of prison sentences included a probation term and 7% included a fine. Total for all offenses includes cases that could not be classified into 1 of the 4 major offense categories. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.      ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
--Less than 0.5%. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
*Excludes life sentences.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,