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CONCERN ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME DOUBLES AMONG BLACK HOUSEHOLDS

U.S. Department of Justice

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS
SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1994 202-307-0784

CONCERN ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME DOUBLES
AMONG BLACK HOUSEHOLDS

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Concern about neighborhood crime has
increased twice as rapidly among black households as among white
households, according to a new analysis by the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics (BJS). 
 
BJS...