           What percent of crime in America is committed by men?



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According to the Survey of State Prison Inmates, a Bureau of Justice

Statistics publication, 95% of inmates in state prisons were men and 5%

were women.



Among the men, 47% were in prison for violent crimes, 25% for property

crimes, 21% for drug crimes and 7% for public order crimes.



Among the women, 32% were in prison for violent crimes, 29% for property

crimes, 33% for drug crimes and 6% for public order crimes.

