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| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| https://bjs.gov/ | After hours: (202) 598-0556 |
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE IN ABOUT SEVEN PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLD BURGLARIES FROM 2003 THROUGH 2007
WASHINGTON – An estimated 3.7 million household burglaries occurred each year from 2003 through 2007, and about seven percent (266,560) involved some form of violent...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) annually compiles data concerning the felonious and accidental line-of-duty deaths and assaults of law enforcement officers and presents these statistics in Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA).
U.S. Department of Justice ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1994 202-307-0784 RECORD NUMBER OF HANDGUN CRIMES--NEARS ONE MILLION A YEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of non-fatal crimes committed with a handgun rose to a record level during 1992, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Handguns were used in an estimated 917,500 non-fatal crimes...
CRIME RATE ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED LAST YEAR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1994 BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS (202) 307-0784 CRIME RATE ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED LAST YEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of Americans who were the victims of crime remained essentially unchanged last year, according to a redesigned annual survey the Department of Justice published today. The new...
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1995 202-307-0784 YOUNGEST TEENS AT GREATEST CRIME RISK WASHINGTON, D.C. During 1993, the youngest age group surveyed--those 12 through 15 years old--had the greatest risk of being violent crime victims, the Department of Justice announced today. The risk decreased steadily with age, from 1 in 8 young people 12-15 years old...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BJS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1995 202-307-0784
FIVE STATES SELECTED FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING
TO IMPROVE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDKEEPING
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Maine, Mississippi, New
Mexico, West Virginia and Vermont will receive up
to $1 million each in federal funds to jump start
the automation of their criminal records.
Mississippi has computerized 7 percent of its
criminal history files, but...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1996 202/307-0784
CRIME VICTIMIZATION DROPS THREE PERCENT
FROM 1993 TO 1994
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Total violent and
property crime victimizations fell almost 3
percent from 1993 to 1994, the Justice Department
reported today. Violent crime rates leveled off
during that period, after falling 20 percent
between 1981 and 1986 and...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS
THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1996 202/307-0784
ONE-QUARTER OF THE CRIME VICTIMS WHO ARE SHOT
ARE YOUNG BLACK MALES
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A federal study of non-
fatal firearm injuries from crime shows that
almost 90 percent of such victims were male, 59
percent were black and 49 percent were from 15 to
24 years...
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1996 202/633-3047
VICTIMS REPORT 9 PERCENT FEWER VIOLENT CRIMES LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Violent crimes fell more than 9 percent
last year, the Department of Justice announced today. According
to preliminary estimates by the Department's Bureau of Justice
Statistics (BJS), there were an estimated 9.9 million violent
crimes during 1995, compared to about...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1997 202/633-3047
SIXTY PERCENT OF CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS
ARE ON PAROLE OR PROBATION
Rapes and Sexual Assaults Decline
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- According to a report
released today by the Justice Department's Bureau
of Justice Statistics (BJS), on any given day in
1994 almost 60 percent of the 234,000 convicted
sex...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS
SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 202/633-3047
VIOLENT CRIME DECLINED 12.4 PERCENT DURING 1995
Largest Drop in Survey History
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Between 1994 and 1995
violent crime--rape, robbery and assault--dropped
12.4 percent, the Justice Department's Bureau of
Justice Statistics (BJS) said today. The decline
was the largest since BJS' National Crime
Victimization Survey began...