Assault
Intimate Partner Violence: Attributes of Victimization, 1993-2011
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SERIOUS INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AGAINST FEMALES DECLINED 72 PERCENT FROM 1994 TO 2011
Percentage involving physical attacks, weapons and injury showed little change
WASHINGTON – From 1994 to 2011, the rate of serious intimate partner violence, such as rape...
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted, North Dakota, 1991
Date Published
February 1993
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Assaults on Police Officers in Iowa, 1980
Date Published
July 1982
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Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted, North Dakota, 1990
Date Published
December 1991
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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...
Assault
An unlawful physical attack or threat of attack. Assaults may be classified as aggravated or simple. Rape, attempted rape, and sexual assaults are excluded from this category, as well as robbery and attempted robbery. The severity of assaults ranges from minor threats to nearly fatal incidents.