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05-09-2018, 06:31 AM
http://www.nj.com/marijuana/2018/04/new_jersey_arrests_more_people_for_marijuana_than. html#incart_river_index
New Jersey may be closer than ever to having legal weed, but people in the Garden State are more likely to be arrested for marijuana than almost anywhere else in the country.
A recently published analysis of marijuana arrest data shows that in 2016 New Jersey was third in the nation in total marijuana arrests -- after Texas and New York -- and second only to Wyoming in marijuana arrest rate.
In 2016, 35,700 people were arrested in New Jersey for either marijuana possession or distribution, according to data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program.
Jon Gettman, criminal justice professor at Shenandoah University in Virginia, analyzed the FBI's arrest data to get the state-by-state number of marijuana arrests.
Gettman said New Jersey's high marijuana arrest rate is likely to do with increased police activity in the state.
"When you have greater police activity in a certain neighborhood...you're going to have more marijuana arrests," he said.
According to the latest available data (https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/csllea08.pdf) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, New Jersey is one of the states with most police officers per capita. Gettman said when there are more police making more stops, there are going to be more marijuana possession arrests.
See below for how New Jersey's marijuana arrest data compares to other states.
1. Wyoming
Possession arrests in 2016: 2,248
Distribution arrests in 2016: 173
Total marijuana arrests in 2016: 2,421
Population: 583,029
Arrest rate (per 100,000 people): 415.2
2. New Jersey
Possession arrests in 2016: 32,263
Distribution arrests in 2016: 3,437
Total marijuana arrests in 2016: 35,700
Population: 8.9 million
Arrest rate (per 100,000 people): 400.4
3. South Dakota
Possession arrests in 2016: 3,116
Distribution arrests in 2016: 150
Total marijuana arrests in 2016: 3,266
Population: 851,058
Arrest rate (per 100,000 people): 383.8
4. New Hampshire
Possession arrests in 2016: 3,890
Distribution arrests in 2016: 1,114
Total marijuana arrests in 2016: 5,004
Population: 1.3 million
Arrest rate (per 100,000 people): 376.9
5. Missouri
Possession arrests in 2016: 21,277
Distribution arrests in 2016: 1,185
Total marijuana arrests in 2016: 22,462
Population: 6.1 million
Arrest rate (per 100,000 people): 370.7
More at link...
NJ spends over $127,000,000 in cannabis enforcement a year. It's costing us $3500 (at an average) each time a cop gets bored. :mad:
New Jersey may be closer than ever to having legal weed, but people in the Garden State are more likely to be arrested for marijuana than almost anywhere else in the country.
A recently published analysis of marijuana arrest data shows that in 2016 New Jersey was third in the nation in total marijuana arrests -- after Texas and New York -- and second only to Wyoming in marijuana arrest rate.
In 2016, 35,700 people were arrested in New Jersey for either marijuana possession or distribution, according to data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program.
Jon Gettman, criminal justice professor at Shenandoah University in Virginia, analyzed the FBI's arrest data to get the state-by-state number of marijuana arrests.
Gettman said New Jersey's high marijuana arrest rate is likely to do with increased police activity in the state.
"When you have greater police activity in a certain neighborhood...you're going to have more marijuana arrests," he said.
According to the latest available data (https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/csllea08.pdf) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, New Jersey is one of the states with most police officers per capita. Gettman said when there are more police making more stops, there are going to be more marijuana possession arrests.
See below for how New Jersey's marijuana arrest data compares to other states.
1. Wyoming
Possession arrests in 2016: 2,248
Distribution arrests in 2016: 173
Total marijuana arrests in 2016: 2,421
Population: 583,029
Arrest rate (per 100,000 people): 415.2
2. New Jersey
Possession arrests in 2016: 32,263
Distribution arrests in 2016: 3,437
Total marijuana arrests in 2016: 35,700
Population: 8.9 million
Arrest rate (per 100,000 people): 400.4
3. South Dakota
Possession arrests in 2016: 3,116
Distribution arrests in 2016: 150
Total marijuana arrests in 2016: 3,266
Population: 851,058
Arrest rate (per 100,000 people): 383.8
4. New Hampshire
Possession arrests in 2016: 3,890
Distribution arrests in 2016: 1,114
Total marijuana arrests in 2016: 5,004
Population: 1.3 million
Arrest rate (per 100,000 people): 376.9
5. Missouri
Possession arrests in 2016: 21,277
Distribution arrests in 2016: 1,185
Total marijuana arrests in 2016: 22,462
Population: 6.1 million
Arrest rate (per 100,000 people): 370.7
More at link...
NJ spends over $127,000,000 in cannabis enforcement a year. It's costing us $3500 (at an average) each time a cop gets bored. :mad: