Police reports
Reporting Crime to the Police, 1992-2000
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| SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2003 | 202/307-0784 |
HALF OF ALL VIOLENT CRIMES AND A THIRD OF PROPERTY CRIMES WERE REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C.- About one-half of all violent crimes committed against U.S. residents 12 years old and older during 2000 were reported to law enforcement authorities, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
American Indians and Crime: A BJS Statistical Profile, 1992-2002
American Indians and Crime
Age Patterns of Victims of Serious Violent Crime
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
The BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the nation's primary source of information on criminal victimization. Each year, data are obtained from a nationally representative sample of about 240,000 persons in about 150,000 households. Persons are interviewed on the frequency, characteristics, and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. The NCVS collects information on nonfatal personal crimes (i.e., rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated and...