Survey on Criminal Justice Statistical Information Needs, 1983
Date Published
February 1985
Publication Type
Publication
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1999 202/307-0784 ABOUT 2.1 MILLION VIOLENT FEMALE OFFENDERS ANNUALLY MOST COMMIT SIMPLE ASSAULTS AGAINST OTHER FEMALES WASHINGTON, D.C. There are nearly 2.1 million violent female offenders (or about 14 percent of all violent offenders) annually in the U.S., the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Three out of four female violent...