Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2021
Date Published
July 2021
Publication Type
Publication
AMERICAN INDIANS AND CRIME U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1999 202/307-0784 AMERICAN INDIANS ARE VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS AT DOUBLE THE RATE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION WASHINGTON, D.C.--American Indians are the victims of violent crimes at more than twice the rate of all U.S. residents, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. In...
EMBARGOED UNTIL 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 202/307-0784 JAILS AFFILIATED WITH 53 AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES IN 18 STATES HELD 1,621 INMATES ON JUNE 30, 1999 WASHINGTON, D.C. More than 1,600 American Indians were incarcerated in Indian country jails at midyear 1999, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), announced today. The number was 8 percent higher than the previous year. The...