Drug Enforcement Administration:  1992 - 1998

Criminal Enforcement	Fiscal Year							98   vs. 92
	92	93	94	95	96	97	98
# of referrals for prosecution	17,917	16,697	15,172	17,276	16,941	17,353	18,945	+5.7%
# of referrals disposed of	15,380	15,741	14,704	14,769	15,538	14,515	15,518
# prosecuted	14,338	13,311	11,882	13,342	13,281	13,717	14,488	+1.0%
% of referrals prosecuted	84	82	80	79	79	83	82
# convicted after prosecution	9,555	9,473	8,990	8,140	9,109	9,147	10,048	+5.2%
% of those prosecuted found guilty	75	74	76	73	76	78	81
% of those convicted sentenced prison	88	89	88	89	89	89	90
median prison term (months)	60	60	60	57	54	51	57
average prison sentence (months)	94	90	93	98	81	82	75

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