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Advanced search Home Contents Table lists Topics A - Z What's new Focus on: Archive Contact us Help Sections Website updates Survey data on public perceptions of honesty and ethics of police officers and lawyers Laws related to the legality of semi-automatic guns News Recently released by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Juvenile Arrests 2009. Criminal justice characteristics Public opinion Crime, victims Arrests, seizures Courts, prosecution, sentencing Parole, jails, prisons, death penalty Did you know: Police officers are rated more than two times higher than lawyers in a recent survey of the honesty and ethical standards of various professions. In a recent Gallup Poll, just 32% of those surveyed reported that they beleive the death penalty acts as a deterrent to committing murder; this marks a substanial decrease from the mid-1980s when almost two-thirds reported that they beleive the death penalty is a deterrent. Focus on: Guns • Ownership in the U.S. • Gun control laws • Right to own vs. gun control • Firearm-related homicide • More tables Other Focus topics Top of this page Home Contents Table lists Topics A - Z What's new Focus on: Archive Contact us Help Source annotations Contributors' addresses Appendices Search Site map About Sourcebook U.S. Department of Justice | Office of Justice Programs | Bureau of Justice Statistics This website is funded through a grant from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this Web site (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided).