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Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, 2005

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CRIME LABS RECEIVED AN ESTIMATED 2.7 MILLION CASES IN 2005

WASHINGTON - Federal, state, and local forensic crime labs received evidence from an estimated 2.7 million criminal investigations during 2005, according to a report by the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics...

Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Victims of Crime

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LOWEST RATES OF VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME WERE EXPERIENCED BY ASIANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDERS

WASHINGTON - The nation’s Asian, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander population had the lowest rates of violent and property victimizations among all racial and...