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German and American Prosecutions: An Approach to Statistical Comparison 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT                 BJS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998                      202/307-0784       

        MOST SERIOUS CRIME RATES FAR HIGHER
       IN THE UNITED STATES THAN IN GERMANY

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most serious crime rates are 
far higher in the United States than in Germany, 
according to a new study prepared for the Justice 
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).  
There are five...