National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1996          202/307-0784

ONE-QUARTER OF THE CRIME VICTIMS WHO ARE SHOT
ARE YOUNG BLACK MALES

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A federal study of non-
fatal firearm injuries from crime shows that
almost 90 percent of such victims were male, 59
percent were black and 49 percent were from 15 to
24 years...

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1996                          202/633-3047



     VICTIMS REPORT 9 PERCENT FEWER VIOLENT CRIMES LAST YEAR


     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Violent crimes fell more than 9 percent
last year, the Department of Justice announced today.  According
to preliminary estimates by the Department's Bureau of Justice
Statistics (BJS), there were an estimated 9.9 million violent
crimes during 1995, compared to about...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18, 1996           202/633-3047

  WOMEN ARE VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS AT A LOWER RATE  
   THAN MEN, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS NARROWING
 Women Are More Likely To Be Attacked By Intimates

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There were 10.9 million
violent crimes during 1994, with two female
victims for every three male victims, the Justice
Department's...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1997                          202/307-0784

VIOLENT VICTIMIZATIONS FELL 10 PERCENT LAST YEAR
Property Crimes Declined 8 Percent

     WASHINGTON -- The nation's violent crime rate
fell 10 percent last year and was 16 percent lower
than in 1993, the Department's Bureau of Justice
Statistics (BJS) announced today.  Property crime was
down more than 8...

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1997            202/633-3047

         
1.4 MILLION PEOPLE TREATED IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY
ROOMS FOR VIOLENCE-RELATED INJURIES

Approximately 17 percent Injured by Intimates


     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Hospital emergency departments 
treated approximately 1.4 million people for non-fatal 
injuries from confirmed or suspected violence during 1994, 
the Justice Department announced today.  Of these injuries,
1.3 million...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1998               202/307-0784
         
MURDER BY INTIMATES DECLINED 36 PERCENT SINCE 1976
DECREASE GREATER FOR MALE THAN FOR FEMALE VICTIMS

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intimates committed fewer
murders in 1996 than in any other year since 1976,
the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice
Statistics (BJS) reported today. In 1996, just
over 1,800 murders...

Criminal Victimization 1997: Changes 1996-97 
with Trends 1993-97  -- press release
     
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 


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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1998            202/307-0784
         

VIOLENT CRIME FELL ALMOST 7 PERCENT LAST YEAR
    DOWN MORE THAN 21 PERCENT SINCE 1993


     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation's violent
crime rate fell almost 7 percent during 1997, the
Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS)...

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SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999                             202/307-0784 
                
         U.S. VIOLENT CRIME RATE FELL 7 PERCENT IN 1998 
27 PERCENT LOWER THAN IN 1993

Violent and Property Crimes at Lowest Levels Since Survey Began

     WASHINGTON, D.C.   The nation's violent crime rate fell 7
percent last year and was 27 percent lower than in 1993, the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics...

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2000                                                     202/307-0784 
                
PEOPLE 65 YEARS OLD AND OLDER  LESS LIKELY TO BE
VICTIMS  OF VIOLENT CRIME THAN YOUNGER U.S. RESIDENTS

     WASHINGTON, D.C.   People 65 and older are substantially less
likely to be violent crime victims than are younger men and women,
according to a new report published today by the Justice
Department's Bureau of...

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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...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8,  2000                      202/307-0784                  
    
  
FIREARMS ASSAULT INJURIES AND MURDERS FELL BETWEEN 1993 AND 1997

  WASHINGTON, D.C.   The number of gunshot wounds from
any type of crime fell nearly 40 percent during the five-year period
from 1993 through 1997, according to a new comprehensive Justice
Department report.  The Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS) cites...

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NATIONAL VIOLENT CRIME RATE FALLS MORE THAN 10 PERCENT--  
VIOLENT VICTIMIZATIONS DOWN ONE-THIRD SINCE 1993       

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation's violent crime rate fell
by more than 10 percent during 1999, reaching the lowest level
since the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS) started measuring it in 1973.  There were an estimated
28.8...

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SUNDAY, March 18, 2001      202/307-0784

DIFFERENCES IN RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME EXPERIENCED BY WHITES AND BLACKS NARROW

American Indians Are The Most Victimized By Violence

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Violent victimization of both blacks and whites has decreased significantly since 1993, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today in a report analyzing crime statistics from 1993-1998...

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WEDNESDAY, June 13, 2001      202/307-0784

NATION'S VIOLENT CRIME RATE FELL ALMOST 15 PERCENT LAST YEAR, PROPERTY CRIME DOWN 10 PERCENT

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The nation's violent crime rate fell almost 15 percent last year in the largest one-year decline ever recorded by the Justice Department's National Crime Victimization Survey. Americans experienced about 1 million fewer violent crimes in 2000...

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES 1997 TO 1999 HATE CRIME STATISTICS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Almost 3,000 of the approximately 5.4 million criminal victimizations reported to police from 1997 through 1999 in more than a dozen states were considered to be hate crimes, according to a new study published today by the Justice Department's Bureau...