注释：

　　1  Va.Violent Deaths Are Mostly Suicides, The Washington Post, October12, 2005.

　　2  Crime Rate Remains at 2003 Level, Study Says, The Washington Post, September 26, 2005.

　　3  Murder Rate Small Cities Jumps 13%, USA Today, December 20, 2005.

　　4  D. C. Area Slaying Climbed In 2005, The Washington Post, January 2, 2006.

　　5  http://egov.cityofchicago.org

　　6  Philly: 334 Killings So Far This Year, Philadelphia Daily News, November 14，2005.

　　7  Los Angeles Times, July 2, 2005.

　　8  Compton Killings Highest in Years, Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2006.

　　9  Camden, N.J., Ranked Most Dangerous U.S. City, The Washington Post, November 22, 2005.

　　10  Firearm Facts, Issued by The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, June 2005, in: http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/factsheets/

　　11  Statistics Crimes Committed with Firearms, Issued by U.S. Bureau of Justice, in: http://www.ojb.usdoj.gov/bjs.

　　12  Crimes Committed With Firearms, 1973-2004, By U.S. Bureau of Justice, in: http://www.ojb.usdoj.gov/bjs.

　　13  http://www.cbsnes.com/stories/2005/03/10/national

　　14  http://www.cnn.com/2005.US/03/21/school.shooting/

　　15  美联社华盛顿2005年4月30日电。

　　16  Senate Votes To Extend Patriot Act For 6 Months, The Washington Post, December 22, 2005.

　　17  The Fog Of False Choices, The New York Times, Editorial, December 20, 2005.

　　18  美联社华盛顿2006年1月9日电。

　　19  美联社新奥尔良2005年10月9日电。

　　20  After 24 Years In Prison, Man Has a Reason To Smile, The New York Times, December 8, 2005

　　21  Many Convicted Felons Have Been Proven Innocent by DNA Evidence, CNN Larry King Live, Aired December 21, 2005－21: 00 ET, in: http://www.cnn.com

　　22  法新社华盛顿2005年10月18日电。

　　23  Study Notes Upswing In Arrests of Women, The Washington Post, October 24, 2005.

　　24  Packing Prisons, Squandering Lives, The Baltimore Sun, October 21, 2005.

　　25  埃菲社华盛顿2005年4月24日电。

　　26  The Nation’s Prison Population Continues Its Slow Growth, Issued by U.S. Department of Justice on October 23, 2005, in: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs

　　27  拉美社哈瓦那2005年4月30日电。

　　28  In City Jails, A Question of Force, The New York Times, October 30, 2005.

　　29  [墨西哥]《宇宙报》（EL Universal）2005年8月26日报道。

　　30  Human Rights Watch: Cruel Confinement of ‘Enemy Combatant’ in United States, in: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/08/08/usdom11612-txt.htm.

　　31  Almost 2,100 Sexual Violence Incidents Took Place In The Nation's Correctional Facilities During 2004, Issued by U. S. Bureau of Justice Statistics on July 31,2005, in: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs

　　32  For B1oomberg, It’s Good to Be A Billionaire, The Washington Post, December 6, 2005.

　　33  Lessons of 2005, The Washington Post, November 10, 2005.

　　34  The Road to Riches Is Called K Street, The Washington Post, June 22, 2005; [英国]《观察家报》(The Observer)2006年1月8日。

　　35  Travel by Congress Often Paid Privately, USA Today, April 26, 2005.

　　36  New Survey Finds That the Vast Majority of Americans Believe Their Leaders Are Out of Touch With the Average Person, Issued by U. S. News & World Report, Washington D.C., October 24, 2005.

　　37  Bush’s Approval Rating Drops to 39%, Lowest of Presidency, USA Today, October 18, 2005.

　　38  “Corruption...Very Extensive”, USA Today, January 4, 2006.

　　39  [智利]《第三版时报》2005年12月11日报道。

　　40  Planted Propaganda, The Washington Post, December 2, 2005.

　　41  法新社伦敦2005年11月22日电。

　　42  U.S. Ranks Sixth Among Journalists, Report Says, The New York Times, December 14, 2005.

　　43  美联社华盛顿2005年7月6日电。

　　44  BBC 2005年9月7日报道。

　　45  路透社伦敦2005年4月25日电。

　　46  The Other America, Newsweek, September 19, 2005.

　　47  Millionaire Ranks Hit New High, The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2005.

　　48  Income Stable, Poverty Rate Increases, Percentage of Americans Without Health Insurance Unchanged, Issued by U. S. Census Bureau on August 30, 2005, in: http://www.census.gov

　　49  National Count Of Homeless Puts Issue In Human Terms, USA Today, October 12, 2005.

　　50  U.S. Conference Of Mayors－Sodexho, Inc. Hunger And Homelessness Survey 2005, in: http://www.usmayors.org

　　51  Lifting up The Poor, Letters To The Editor, The Washington Post, October 28, 2005.

　　52  The Employment Situation: November 2005, Issued by U. S. Department of Labor on December 2, 2005. in: http://www.bls.gov

　　53  The New York Times, January 1, 2005.

　　54  Average Family Health Policy Nears $11,000, USA Today, September 15, 2005.

　　55  Passport to Health Care at Lower Cost to Patient, The Washington Post, November 6, 2005.