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BJS FY 14 2014 Visiting Fellows: Criminal Justice Statistics Programs

Closing Date
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for one or more BJS Visiting Fellows to work in its Criminal Justice Statistics Programs. The overall purpose of this program is to address substantive, methodological, and analytic issues to enhance or inform BJS statistical programs; to support the scholarly use of BJS data collections, expand the body...

Use of Victim Service Agencies by Victims of Serious Violent Crime, 1993-2009

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011             Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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NINE PERCENT OF SERIOUS VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS RECEIVED HELP OR ADVICE
FROM A VICTIM SERVICE AGENCY BETWEEN 1993 AND 2009


WASHINGTON – From 1993 to 2009, about nine percent of victims of serious violent crime―rape or other sexual assault...

Criminal Victimization, 2012

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2013 Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME RATES INCREASED IN 2012

Increases driven by simple assaults and crime not reported to police

WASHINGTON – Violent and property crime rates rose for U.S. residents in 2012, the Bureau of Justice...

FY13 NCHIP

2013-DG-BX-K073
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$499,200

FY 2013 NCHIP

2013-MU-BX-K005
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$205,651