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Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Firearm Violence, 1993-2011

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013                                     Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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11,101 FATAL AND 467,300 NONFATAL FIREARM VICTIMIZATIONS OCCURRED IN 2011

WASHINGTON–Firearm-related homicides declined 39 percent and nonfatal firearm crimes declined 69 percent from 1993 to 2011, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Firearm-related homicides dropped...

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...

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...

Firearm Injury and Death from Crime, 1993-97

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

EMBARGOED UNTIL 4:30 P.M. EDT                          BJS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8,  2000                      202/307-0784                  
    
  
FIREARMS ASSAULT INJURIES AND MURDERS FELL BETWEEN 1993 AND 1997

  WASHINGTON, D.C.   The number of gunshot wounds from
any type of crime fell nearly 40 percent during the five-year period
from 1993 through 1997, according to a new comprehensive Justice
Department report.  The Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS) cites...

Injuries from Violent Crime, 1992-98

Department of Justice
Department of Health and Human Services

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS 202/307-0784
SUNDAY, June 24, 2001 CDC 770/488-4277

ABOUT ONE IN FOUR VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME ARE PHYSICALLY INJURED DURING THE OFFENSE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Each year about one in four United States residents who are victims of a violent crime are injured during the attack, the Justice Department's...

Hispanic Victims of Violent Crime, 1993-2000/Víctimas Hispanas de Crímenes Violentos, 1993-2000

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APRIL 7, 2001 202/307-0784

RATE OF VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMIZATION AMONG HISPANICS DROPS MORE THAN 50 PERCENT IN LAST SEVEN YEARS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Between 1993 and 2000, Hispanic residents aged 12 or older experienced a 56 percent decrease in the number of violent victimizations per capita, from 62.8 violent crimes per 1,000 to 27.9 per 1,000, the...