Prisoners at Midyear 1981
Date Published
August 1981
Series
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1999 202/307-0784 ABOUT 2.1 MILLION VIOLENT FEMALE OFFENDERS ANNUALLY MOST COMMIT SIMPLE ASSAULTS AGAINST OTHER FEMALES WASHINGTON, D.C. There are nearly 2.1 million violent female offenders (or about 14 percent of all violent offenders) annually in the U.S., the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Three out of four female violent...