Carjacking

• NCJ Number: 147002
• Author(s): Michael R. Rand, Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Date Published: March 1994
• Publication Series: Carjackings in the United States
• Publication Type: Publication

Annotation

This report presents the first National Crime Victimization Survey estimates of the extent and characteristics of the recently identified crime of carjacking.

Abstract

This report presents the first National Crime Victimization Survey estimates of the extent and characteristics of the recently identified crime of carjacking. The report uses NCVS data aggregated for 1987-92 to examine the number of completed and attempted carjackings that occurred, the extent of injury and financial loss, use of weapons in committing crimes, time and place of occurrence, and the age, race, and sex of victims and offenders.