I miscalculated the average a bit: it's 56.5 per year, not 60 (I thought it is 7 year period but it was 8 years).
The growth of federal crimes continues unabated. The increase of 452 over the eight-year period between 2000 and 2007 averages 56.5 crimes per year-roughly the same rate at which Congress created new crimes in the 1980s and 1990s.
I miscalculated the average a bit: it's 56.5 per year, not 60 (I thought it is 7 year period but it was 8 years).
The growth of federal crimes continues unabated. The increase of 452 over the eight-year period between 2000 and 2007 averages 56.5 crimes per year-roughly the same rate at which Congress created new crimes in the 1980s and 1990s.