Domestic assault
National Conference on Sex Offender Registries
Domestic and Sexual Violence Data Collection: A Report to Congress under the Violence Against Women Act
National Criminal History Improvement Program grants
President Clinton Announces Over $41 Million to Stop Violent Criminals From Purchasing Firearms
Grants Will Improve Criminal History Records Vital to National Check System
WASHINGTON, DCAt the White House today, President Clinton announced that 46 states are receiving grants totaling more than $41 million to continue improving criminal history records, which will help keep felons from purchasing handguns. This is the fourth year of funding...
Intimate Partner Violence
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 9:00 A.M. EDT BJS WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2000 202/307-0784 INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DECLINED FROM 1993 THROUGH 1998 One-Third of All Murdered Females Were Killed by Partner WASHINGTON, D.C. Violence against women by intimate partners fell by 21 percent from 1993 through 1998, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. An estimated 876,340 violent victimizations against women...
Violent Victimization and Race, 1993-98
Intimate Partner Violence and Age of Victim, 1993-99
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST | BJS |
October 28, 2001 | 202/307-0784 |
VIOLENCE RATES AMONG INTIMATE PARTNERS DIFFER GREATLY ACCORDING TO AGE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Violence rates among intimate partners, current or former spouses, boyfriends or girlfriends, differ greatly according to the victim's age, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today in a new special report. While the overall per capita rate...
Intimate Partner Violence
IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT 9:00 A.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2006 | www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs |
Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 | |
After hours: 301-983-9354 |
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE DECLINED BETWEEN 1993 AND 2004
Washington - The intimate partner violence rate has declined since 1993, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. In 1993 nonfatal intimate partner violence was 5.8 victimizations per 1,000 U.S...
State Court Processing of Domestic Violence Cases
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2008 | Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0784 |
bjs.gov | After hours: 301-983-9354 |
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFENDANTS MORE LIKELY TO BE CONVICTED THAN NON-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFENDANTS
WASHINGTON - State felony defendants charged with domestic violence (DV) were prosecuted, convicted and incarcerated at rates either equal to or higher than felony defendants charged with non-domestic violence (non-DV)...