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Victimization

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...