If one looks at "imprisonment" as a measure of "all crimes committed" (I know it's an imperfect measure, as not everyone that commits a crime goes to jail) a similar disproportion is seen as shown in the homicide statistics, FWIW.
edit: The below data is also dated (2001), but I think it may be safe to assume the general situation expressed by the numbers has not changed significantly?
Again, I am not attempting to draw conclusions or make judgments. This data is also from the DoJ.
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Prevalence of imprisonment in the United States
As of December 31, 2001, there were an estimated 5.6 million adults who had ever served time in State or Federal prison, including 4.3 million former prisoners and 1.3 million adults in prison.
Nearly a third of former prisoners were still under correctional supervision, including 731,000 on parole, 437,000 on probation, and 166,000 in local jails.
In 2001, an estimated 2.7% of adults in the U.S. had served time in prison, up from 1.8% in 1991 and 1.3% in 1974.
The prevalence of imprisonment in 2001 was higher for
-- black males (16.6%) and Hispanic males (7.7%) than for white males (2.6%)
-- black females (1.7%) and Hispanic females (0.7%) than white females (0.3%)
Nearly two-thirds of the 3.8 million increase in the number of adults ever incarcerated between 1974 and 2001 occurred as a result of an increase in first incarceration rates; one-third occurred as a result of an increase in the number of residents age 18 and older.
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http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/crimoff.htm#prevalence