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per capita rate of drug offense convictions in 2001, per county, with volker's 59th district marked

Data Source: New York State Department of Correctional Services and U.S. Census. (Map: Peter Wagner, 2005)

This map originally appeared in Census counts of prisoners distort decision making on crime policy.



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