National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
BJS FY 09 NCVS Survey Design
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This solicitation seeks applicants to design and conduct a major survey to accompany the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The focus of the work to be commissioned under this solicitation is to develop and test survey methods to provide sub-national estimates of victimization based on the survey responses.
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Redesign
CRIME RATE ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED LAST YEAR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1994 BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS (202) 307-0784 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...
Guns and Crime: Handgun Victimization, Firearm Self-Defense
U.S. Department of Justice ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1994 202-307-0784 RECORD NUMBER OF HANDGUN CRIMES--NEARS ONE MILLION A YEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of non-fatal crimes committed with a handgun rose to a record level during 1992, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Handguns were used in an estimated 917,500 non-fatal crimes...
Crime and Nations Households, 1992
CRIMES AFFECTING U.S. HOUSEHOLDS REACH NEW LOW U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT 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...
Firearms and Crimes of Violence
Violent Offenders Increasingly Likely to be Armed U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BJS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1994 202-307-0784 VIOLENT OFFENDERS INCREASINGLY LIKELY TO BE ARMED WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Violent offenders are increasingly likely to be armed, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) said today. While the overall violent crime rate decreased during the last decade, the rate of offenses committed with pistols and...
Criminal Victimization 1993
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1995 202-307-0784 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...
Guns Used in Crime
Handguns Used in More Than One Million Violent Crimes, The Use of Semi-Automatic Guns In Murders Is Increasing U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1995 202-307-0784 HANDGUNS USED IN MORE THAN ONE MILLION VIOLENT CRIMES THE USE OF SEMI-AUTOMATIC GUNS IN MURDERS IS INCREASING WASHINGTON, D.C.--About 1.3 million U.S. residents faced an assailant armed with a...
Violence against Women: Estimates from the redesigned National Crime Victimization Survey
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS Women Usually Victimized by Offenders They Know ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1995 202/307-0784 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Women were attacked about six times more often by offenders with whom they had an intimate relationship than were male violence victims during 1992 and 1993, the Department of Justice announced today. During each...
BJS Home Page
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BJS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1996 202/307-0784 BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA JUST A MOUSE CLICK AWAY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The latest Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) crime data are now available free of charge on the Internet at BJS's new home page. Criminal justice reports, spreadsheets and news releases are electronically available in a variety of...
Criminal Victimization 1994
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1996 202/307-0784 CRIME VICTIMIZATION DROPS THREE PERCENT FROM 1993 TO 1994 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Total violent and property crime victimizations fell almost 3 percent from 1993 to 1994, the Justice Department reported today. Violent crime rates leveled off during that period, after falling 20 percent between 1981 and 1986 and...
Firearm Injury from Crime: Firearms, Crime, and Criminal Justice
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1996 202/307-0784 ONE-QUARTER OF THE CRIME VICTIMS WHO ARE SHOT ARE YOUNG BLACK MALES WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A federal study of non- fatal firearm injuries from crime shows that almost 90 percent of such victims were male, 59 percent were black and 49 percent were from 15 to 24 years...
National Crime Victimization Survey, 1995: Preliminary Findings
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1996 202/633-3047 VICTIMS REPORT 9 PERCENT FEWER VIOLENT CRIMES LAST YEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Violent crimes fell more than 9 percent last year, the Department of Justice announced today. According to preliminary estimates by the Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), there were an estimated 9.9 million violent crimes during 1995, compared to about...
Female Victims of Violent Crime
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18, 1996 202/633-3047 WOMEN ARE VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS AT A LOWER RATE THAN MEN, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS NARROWING Women Are More Likely To Be Attacked By Intimates WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There were 10.9 million violent crimes during 1994, with two female victims for every three male victims, the Justice Department's...
Violence by Gang Members, 1993-2003
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June 2005
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Criminal Victimization, 1996: Changes 1995-96 with Trends 1993-96
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 9 A.M., EST BJS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1997 202/307-0784 VIOLENT VICTIMIZATIONS FELL 10 PERCENT LAST YEAR Property Crimes Declined 8 Percent WASHINGTON -- The nation's violent crime rate fell 10 percent last year and was 16 percent lower than in 1993, the Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Property crime was down more than 8...
Violence-Related Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1997 202/633-3047 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE TREATED IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOMS FOR VIOLENCE-RELATED INJURIES Approximately 17 percent Injured by Intimates WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Hospital emergency departments treated approximately 1.4 million people for non-fatal injuries from confirmed or suspected violence during 1994, the Justice Department announced today. Of these injuries, 1.3 million...
Violence by Intimates
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1998 202/307-0784 MURDER BY INTIMATES DECLINED 36 PERCENT SINCE 1976 DECREASE GREATER FOR MALE THAN FOR FEMALE VICTIMS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intimates committed fewer murders in 1996 than in any other year since 1976, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today. In 1996, just over 1,800 murders...
Criminal Victimization, 1997: Changes 1996-97 with Trends 1993-97
Criminal Victimization 1997: Changes 1996-97 with Trends 1993-97 -- press release U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1998 202/307-0784 VIOLENT CRIME FELL ALMOST 7 PERCENT LAST YEAR DOWN MORE THAN 21 PERCENT SINCE 1993 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation's violent crime rate fell almost 7 percent during 1997, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
Criminal Victimization, 1998: Changes 1997-98 with Trends 1993-98
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 202/307-0784 U.S. VIOLENT CRIME RATE FELL 7 PERCENT IN 1998 27 PERCENT LOWER THAN IN 1993 Violent and Property Crimes at Lowest Levels Since Survey Began WASHINGTON, D.C. The nation's violent crime rate fell 7 percent last year and was 27 percent lower than in 1993, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics...
Crimes against Persons Age 65 or Older, 1992-97
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2000 202/307-0784 PEOPLE 65 YEARS OLD AND OLDER LESS LIKELY TO BE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME THAN YOUNGER U.S. RESIDENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. People 65 and older are substantially less likely to be violent crime victims than are younger men and women, according to a new report published today by the Justice Department's Bureau of...
Women Offenders
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1999 202/307-0784 ABOUT 2.1 MILLION VIOLENT FEMALE OFFENDERS ANNUALLY MOST COMMIT SIMPLE ASSAULTS AGAINST OTHER FEMALES WASHINGTON, D.C. There are nearly 2.1 million violent female offenders (or about 14 percent of all violent offenders) annually in the U.S., the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Three out of four female violent...