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Using The Private Sector To Deter Crime

TABLE I

Spending on the Criminal Justice System1

Year Total Expenditures
(millions $)		 Spending as a
Percent of GDP		 Number of People Employed
(thousands)
1965 4,573 .65 600
1970 8,571 .84 775
1975 14,954 .94 1,011
1979 26,028 1.05 1,178
1985 45,607 1.13 1,369
1988 60,980 1.24 1,601
1990 74,000 1.34 1,722
19932 100,000 1.57 2,000

1 Public sector expenditures, all levels of government. Includes some civil court expenditures which are not separated from the total.

2 Preliminary estimates.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, annual.

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