arrest rates
Police capture frequency
Arrest rates measure how frequently arrests occur within a population, typically expressed as arrests per 100,000 people over a given period.
The term appears in criminology, policy debates, and journalism: Arrest rates for violent crime have declined since the 1990s.
Arrest rates reflect police activity and enforcement priorities as much as actual crime levels—high arrest rates may indicate aggressive policing rather than more lawbreaking.
- crimePunishable illegal act
- crime statisticsNumerical records of offenses
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- mass incarcerationExcessive imprisonment at scale
- policeCivil law enforcement
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