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Crime and Nations Households, 1992

CRIMES AFFECTING U.S. HOUSEHOLDS REACH NEW LOW

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1993
 
CRIMES AFFECTING U.S. HOUSEHOLDS REACH NEW LOW
 
     A smaller percentage of U.S. Households were 
victimized by violent crime or thefts last year 
than in any year since the Justice Department's 
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) started counted 
in 1975...

Crime and Neighborhoods

CONCERN ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME DOUBLES AMONG BLACK HOUSEHOLDS

U.S. Department of Justice

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS
SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1994 202-307-0784

CONCERN ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME DOUBLES
AMONG BLACK HOUSEHOLDS

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Concern about neighborhood crime has
increased twice as rapidly among black households as among white
households, according to a new analysis by the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics (BJS). 
 
BJS...

Crime and the Nation's Households, 2003

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
WEDNESDAY, October 27, 2004 Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
  After hours: 301-983-9354

CRIME VICTIMIZATION IN U.S. HOUSEHOLDS REMAINS AT LOWEST LEVELS

15 Percent Affected in 2003 Compared to 25 Percent in 1994

WASHINGTON - The percentage of U.S. households victimized by violent crime or thefts during 2003 remained at the lowest levels since the...

Identity Theft, 2004

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2006 www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
  Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
  After hours: 301-983-9354

3.6 MILLION U.S. HOUSEHOLDS LEARNED THEY WERE IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS DURING A SIX-MONTH PERIOD IN 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C.- An estimated 3.6 million households, or about 3 percent of all households in the nation, learned that they had been the victim...

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

The BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the nation's primary source of information on criminal victimization. Each year, data are obtained from a nationally representative sample of about 240,000 persons in about 150,000 households. Persons are interviewed on the frequency, characteristics, and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. The NCVS collects information on nonfatal personal crimes (i.e., rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated and...