U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1995          202/307-0784

 23 PERCENT OF THOSE ARRESTED FOR WEAPONS OFFENSES
           ARE YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OLD

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Almost a quarter of those
arrested for weapons offenses are minors, the
Department of Justice said today.  In a study of
people arrested for weapons offenses during 1993,
23 percent were...

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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...

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       MORE PROSECUTIONS AND TOUGHER SENTENCING GUIDELINES
         PROMPT INCREASED INCARCERATIONS OF NON-CITIZENS

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An increase in the number of
prosecutions and convictions for federal drug and immigration
offenses, as well as changes in mandatory time-served provisions,
prompted a four-fold increase in the number of non-citizens
incarcerated in federal prisons between 1984...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997                202/633-3047

  VIOLENT CRIME DECLINED 12.4 PERCENT DURING 1995
           Largest Drop in Survey History

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Between 1994 and 1995
violent crime--rape, robbery and assault--dropped
12.4 percent, the Justice Department's Bureau of
Justice Statistics (BJS) said today.  The decline
was the largest since BJS' National Crime
Victimization Survey began...

U.S. Department of Justice

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SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1998                     202/307-0784

FOUR IN TEN CRIMINAL OFFENDERS REPORT ALCOHOL
AS A FACTOR IN VIOLENCE

But Alcohol-Related Deaths and Consumption in Decline                  

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Although alcohol consumption
and alcohol-related deaths are in decline, alcohol
abuse is still linked to a large percentage of criminal
offenses, the Justice Department's Bureau of...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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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...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1998             202/307-0784
         
ALMOST HALF OF ALL PROBATIONERS UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
WHEN COMMITTING THEIR OFFENSE

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Almost half of the men
and women on probation in the United States were
under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs at
the time of their criminal offense...

Crime in the United States and in England 
and Wales, 1981-96: Press release

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998             202/307-0784
         
NEW REPORT COMPARES CRIME RATES IN THE UNITED
STATES WITH RATES IN ENGLAND AND WALES

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Robbery, assault,
burglary and motor vehicle theft rates are lower
in the United States than they are in...

Criminal Victimization 1997: Changes 1996-97 
with Trends 1993-97  -- press release
     
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 


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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)...

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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999        202/307-0703

SURVEYS IN 12 CITIES SHOW WIDESPREAD
COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR POLICE
New Process Collects Data on Victimization, Citizen
Perceptions of Police and Crime

     WASHINGTON, DC   Eighty-five percent of
residents surveyed in 12 cities reported satisfaction with the
police who served their neighborhood, according to a 1998
Justice Department survey released today.  The proportion of
residents reporting that...

AMERICAN INDIANS AND CRIME

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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    AMERICAN INDIANS ARE VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS
   AT DOUBLE THE RATE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION
               
     WASHINGTON, D.C.--American Indians are the
victims of violent crimes at more than twice the
rate of all U.S. residents, the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
announced today.

     In...

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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...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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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...

Department of Education
Department of Justice



EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:00 A.M. EDT     BJS 202/307-0703
OCTOBER 26, 2000                 NCES 202/401-1579


          

CRIMES IN THE NATION'S SCHOOLS DECLINED IN THE 1990s
ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENTS OF JUSTICE & EDUCATION
                         
     WASHINGTON, D.C.    Crime in the nation's
schools decreased during the last seven years,
according to a new report issued today by the
Justice Department's Bureau of Justice
Statistics and the Department...

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NATION'S VIOLENT CRIME RATE FELL ALMOST 15 PERCENT LAST YEAR, PROPERTY CRIME DOWN 10 PERCENT

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The nation's violent crime rate fell almost 15 percent last year in the largest one-year decline ever recorded by the Justice Department's National Crime Victimization Survey. Americans experienced about 1 million fewer violent crimes in 2000...

Justice Department awards $13 million to improve crime reporting nationwide

70 Year-Old Crime Reporting System Being Replaced

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today announced a major step toward moving the nation's crime reporting apparatus into the 21st century with the award of more than $12 million in grants to 24 states to improve their...

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES 1997 TO 1999 HATE CRIME STATISTICS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Almost 3,000 of the approximately 5.4 million criminal victimizations reported to police from 1997 through 1999 in more than a dozen states were considered to be hate crimes, according to a new study published today by the Justice Department's Bureau...

EIGHTEEN PERCENT OF STATE PRISONERS COMMITTED THEIR CRIMES WHILE ARMED

Nine Percent of State Prisoners Fired Their Weapons During the Offense

WASHINGTON, D.C. - About 18 percent of state prisoners and 15 percent of federal prisoners reported in 1997 that they were armed when they committed the offense for which they were...

NATION'S VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMIZATION RATE FALLS 10 PERCENT

50 Percent Drop Since Survey Began in 1973

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's violent crime rate fell 10 percent last year, continuing a trend observed since 1994, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. During the last 7 years the annual violent crime rate decreased...

TWO-THIRDS OF FORMER STATE PRISONERS REARRESTED FOR SERIOUS NEW CRIMES

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Sixty-seven percent of former inmates released from state prisons in 1994 committed at least one serious new crime within the following three years, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. This was a rearrest rate 5 percent...