Victims of crime

CRIME RATE ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED LAST YEAR


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
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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...

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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...

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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999        202/307-0703

SURVEYS IN 12 CITIES SHOW WIDESPREAD
COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR POLICE
New Process Collects Data on Victimization, Citizen
Perceptions of Police and Crime

     WASHINGTON, DC   Eighty-five percent of
residents surveyed in 12 cities reported satisfaction with the
police who served their neighborhood, according to a 1998
Justice Department survey released today.  The proportion of
residents reporting that...

NATION'S SCHOOL CRIME RATE DECLINING

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Reflecting the national decline in crime rates, crime against public and private school students has also dropped, according to a new report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics...

COLLEGE STUDENTS VICTIMIZED LESS BY VIOLENT CRIME THAN NON-STUDENTS ACCORDING TO NEW JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STUDY

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice today released findings from its first study of violent crime on college campuses that indicates college students were victimized by...

NATION'S YOUNGER TEENS EXPERIENCED LARGEST DECREASE IN CRIME VICTIMIZATIONS BETWEEN 1993 AND 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Juveniles 12-17 years old, like all other age groups, experienced a decline in violent crime victimizations from 1993 through 2003, with younger teens, 12-14 years old, having the...

VIOLENT CRIMES AND PROPERTY CRIMES REMAINED AT 30-YEAR LOWS IN 2004

WASHINGTON - Violent and property crime rates in 2004 remained at the lowest levels since the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) first conducted its annual National Criminal Victimization Survey...

STUDY FINDS MORE THAN HALF OF ALL PRISON AND JAIL INMATES HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

WASHINGTON - More than half of all prison and jail inmates, including 56 percent of state prisoners, 45 percent of federal prisoners and 64 percent...

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE DECLINED BETWEEN 1993 AND 2004

Washington - The intimate partner violence rate has declined since 1993, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. In 1993 nonfatal intimate partner violence was 5.8 victimizations per 1,000 U.S...

URBAN AND SUBURBAN CRIME RATES STABLE FROM 2005 TO 2006

WASHINGTON - Violent and property crime rates in United States urban and suburban communities remained stable between 2005 and 2006, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Last year...

AN ESTIMATED 809,800 INMATES IN THE NATION'S PRISONS WERE PARENTS TO 1,706,600 MINOR CHILDREN AT MIDYEAR 2007

WASHINGTON - An estimated 809,800 prisoners of the 1,518,535 held in the nation's prison at midyear 2007 were parents of minor children, according to a report...