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Violent crime

Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2008

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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES EXPERIENCED VIOLENT CRIME AT TWICE THE RATE OF PEOPLE WITHOUT DISABILITIES IN 2008

WASHINGTON- Nearly 730,000 nonfatal violent crimes and about 1.8 million property crimes were experienced by people age 12 or older with a disability...

Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007

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FIRST NATIONAL STUDY ON CRIME AGAINST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Young and middle-age persons with disabilities experienced higher rates of violence than persons of similar ages without disabilities

     WASHINGTON – The first national study on crime against persons with disabilities was released today...

Violence, crimes of

Rape, sexual assault, personal robbery, or assault. This category includes both attempted and completed crimes. It does not include purse snatching and pocket picking. Murder is not measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey because of an inability to question the victim.

Completed violence - The sum of all completed rapes, sexual assaults, robberies, and assaults. See individual crime types for definitions of completed crimes.

Attempted/threatened violence - The unsuccessful attempt of rape, sexual assault, personal robbery, or assault. Includes attempted attacks or sexual assaults by means of verbal threats. See individual crime types for definitions of attempted crimes.