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Crimes against Persons Age 65 or Older, 1993-2002
Date Published
January 2005
Publication Type
Publication
The Costs of Crime to Victims
Date Published
February 1994
Publication Type
Publication
Crime and Justice in the United States and in England and Wales, 1981-96
Date Published
October 1998
Publication Type
Publication
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Redesign
CRIME RATE ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED LAST YEAR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1994 BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS (202) 307-0784 CRIME RATE ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED LAST YEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of Americans who were the victims of crime remained essentially unchanged last year, according to a redesigned annual survey the Department of Justice published today. The new...
Guns and Crime: Handgun Victimization, Firearm Self-Defense
U.S. Department of Justice ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1994 202-307-0784 RECORD NUMBER OF HANDGUN CRIMES--NEARS ONE MILLION A YEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of non-fatal crimes committed with a handgun rose to a record level during 1992, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Handguns were used in an estimated 917,500 non-fatal crimes...
Survey of State Prison Inmates, 1991
Survey of Inmate Characteristics ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1990 BJS 202-307-0784 An estimated 16 percent of prison inmates were armed with a gun when they committed the offense for which they were serving time, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. About half of the armed inmates (or about 8 percent of all prisoners) said they had fired...
Crime and Nations Households, 1992
CRIMES AFFECTING U.S. HOUSEHOLDS REACH NEW LOW U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1993 CRIMES AFFECTING U.S. HOUSEHOLDS REACH NEW LOW A smaller percentage of U.S. Households were victimized by violent crime or thefts last year than in any year since the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) started counted in 1975...
Comparing Federal and State Prison Inmates, 1991
Comparing Federal and State Prisoners ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1994 202-307-0784 COMPARING FEDERAL AND STATE PRISONERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most federal prisoners are drug offenders, but almost half of state prisoners are serving time for violent crimes. Offenders in federal prisons are almost three times as likely as state prisoners to be incarcerated for a drug offense, according...
Crime and Neighborhoods
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...
Criminal Victimization 1993
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1995 202-307-0784 YOUNGEST TEENS AT GREATEST CRIME RISK WASHINGTON, D.C. During 1993, the youngest age group surveyed--those 12 through 15 years old--had the greatest risk of being violent crime victims, the Department of Justice announced today. The risk decreased steadily with age, from 1 in 8 young people 12-15 years old...
Guns Used in Crime
Handguns Used in More Than One Million Violent Crimes, The Use of Semi-Automatic Guns In Murders Is Increasing U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1995 202-307-0784 HANDGUNS USED IN MORE THAN ONE MILLION VIOLENT CRIMES THE USE OF SEMI-AUTOMATIC GUNS IN MURDERS IS INCREASING WASHINGTON, D.C.--About 1.3 million U.S. residents faced an assailant armed with a...
Violence against Women: Estimates from the redesigned National Crime Victimization Survey
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS Women Usually Victimized by Offenders They Know ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1995 202/307-0784 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Women were attacked about six times more often by offenders with whom they had an intimate relationship than were male violence victims during 1992 and 1993, the Department of Justice announced today. During each...
Criminal Victimization 1994
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1996 202/307-0784 CRIME VICTIMIZATION DROPS THREE PERCENT FROM 1993 TO 1994 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Total violent and property crime victimizations fell almost 3 percent from 1993 to 1994, the Justice Department reported today. Violent crime rates leveled off during that period, after falling 20 percent between 1981 and 1986 and...
Firearm Injury from Crime: Firearms, Crime, and Criminal Justice
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS 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...
Weapons offenses and offenders: Firearms, crime, and criminal justice
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1995 202/307-0784 23 PERCENT OF THOSE ARRESTED FOR WEAPONS OFFENSES ARE YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OLD WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Almost a quarter of those arrested for weapons offenses are minors, the Department of Justice said today. In a study of people arrested for weapons offenses during 1993, 23 percent were...
National Crime Victimization Survey, 1995: Preliminary Findings
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS 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...
Noncitizens in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 1984-94
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 1994 202/307-0784 MORE PROSECUTIONS AND TOUGHER SENTENCING GUIDELINES PROMPT INCREASED INCARCERATIONS OF NON-CITIZENS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An increase in the number of prosecutions and convictions for federal drug and immigration offenses, as well as changes in mandatory time-served provisions, prompted a four-fold increase in the number of non-citizens incarcerated in federal prisons between 1984...
Changes in Criminal Victimization, 1994-95
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 202/633-3047 VIOLENT CRIME DECLINED 12.4 PERCENT DURING 1995 Largest Drop in Survey History WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Between 1994 and 1995 violent crime--rape, robbery and assault--dropped 12.4 percent, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) said today. The decline was the largest since BJS' National Crime Victimization Survey began...
Alcohol and Crime
U.S. Department of Justice ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1998 202/307-0784 FOUR IN TEN CRIMINAL OFFENDERS REPORT ALCOHOL AS A FACTOR IN VIOLENCE But Alcohol-Related Deaths and Consumption in Decline WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Although alcohol consumption and alcohol-related deaths are in decline, alcohol abuse is still linked to a large percentage of criminal offenses, the Justice Department's Bureau of...
Criminal Victimization, 1996: Changes 1995-96 with Trends 1993-96
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 9 A.M., EST BJS 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...
Substance Abuse and Treatment of Adults on Probation, 1995
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1998 202/307-0784 ALMOST HALF OF ALL PROBATIONERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WHEN COMMITTING THEIR OFFENSE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Almost half of the men and women on probation in the United States were under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs at the time of their criminal offense...
Crime and Justice in the United States and in England and Wales
Crime in the United States and in England and Wales, 1981-96: Press release U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M.EDT BJS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 202/307-0784 NEW REPORT COMPARES CRIME RATES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH RATES IN ENGLAND AND WALES WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Robbery, assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft rates are lower in the United States than they are in...