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Juvenile (under 18)

Child Rape Victims

HALF OF WOMEN RAPED DURING 1992 WERE YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OLD

U.S. Department of Justice

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1994                            202-307-0784

                HALF OF WOMEN RAPED DURING 1992
                 WERE YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OLD

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Half of the women who reported they
had been raped during 1992 were juveniles under 18 years old, and 16
percent...

Child Victimizers: Violent Offenders and Their Victims

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SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1996                                202/307-0784



       TWO-THIRDS OF SEX OFFENDERS IN STATE PRISONS
                          HAD VICTIMIZED A CHILD

             FAMILY MEMBERS OR ACQUAINTANCES 
                   COMMIT MOST CHILD MURDERS

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Children younger than 18 were the
victims in almost 20 percent of the violent crimes committed by
state prisoners, according to a new Justice Department report
released today.  More than...

Juvenile Victimization and Offending, 1993-2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bureau of Justice Statistics
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2005 www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
  Contact: Pete Pierce 202-307-0703
  After hours: 202-532-5757

NATION'S YOUNGER TEENS EXPERIENCED LARGEST DECREASE IN CRIME VICTIMIZATIONS BETWEEN 1993 AND 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Juveniles 12-17 years old, like all other age groups, experienced a decline in violent crime victimizations from 1993 through 2003, with younger teens, 12-14 years old, having the...

Parents in Prison and Their Minor Children

IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT 4:00 P.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2008 Contact: Kara McCarthy: 202-307-1241
bjs.gov After hours: 781-308-3696

AN ESTIMATED 809,800 INMATES IN THE NATION'S PRISONS WERE PARENTS TO 1,706,600 MINOR CHILDREN AT MIDYEAR 2007

WASHINGTON - An estimated 809,800 prisoners of the 1,518,535 held in the nation's prison at midyear 2007 were parents of minor children, according to a report...