Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics, 1998
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. BJS WEDNESDAY MAY 31, 2000 202/307-0784 CROSS-AGENCY FEDERAL ARREST DATA PUBLISHED FOR FIRST TIME ALMOST HALF OF ARRESTS FOR DRUG OR IMMIGRATION OFFENSES WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Approximately 73 percent of the 106,139 federal arrests made during fiscal year 1998 were made by Department of Justice law enforcement agencies--the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Drug...