ATF Referrals for Criminal Prosecution: 1985 - 2002
Fiscal
Year |
Criminal Referrals to: |
Federal,
State/Local
Prosecutors* |
Federal
Prosecutors
Only**
|
| 1985 |
2,186 |
na |
| 1986 |
3,663 |
3,840 |
| 1987 |
3,989 |
3,841 |
| 1988 |
4,767 |
4,673 |
| 1989 |
6,823 |
5,580 |
| 1990 |
7,797 |
6,985 |
| 1991 |
10,149 |
9,008 |
| 1992 |
12,084 |
9,885 |
| 1993 |
10,818 |
8,697 |
| 1994 |
8,676 |
7,859 |
| 1995 |
8,612 |
7,540 |
| 1996 |
***6,576 (7,471) |
5,933 |
| 1997 |
***5,376 (6,302) |
5,496 |
| 1998 |
***5,620 (6,470) |
5,510 |
| 1999 |
(na) |
8,386 |
| 2000 |
(na) |
9,943 |
| 2001 |
(na) |
11,208 |
| 2002 |
(na) |
13,610 |
| 2003**** |
(na) |
est. 16,606 |
* ATF House appropriation testimony and ATF internal case summaries; series covers firearms
referrals which generally account for 90 percent or more of all ATF referrals.
**TRAC compiled from Justice Department internal data; series covers all ATF referrals to federal prosecutors.
Years 1986-1991 revised to reflect most recent analysis.
***ATF reports two figures. The first is what they define as weapons referrals; the second covers all their referrals.
****Number based upon the rate during first 5 months where 6,919 new referrals were recorded.
Copyright 2003, TRAC
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