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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)...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2004

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MONDAY, November 29, 2004 Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
  After hours: 301-983-9354

NATION'S SCHOOL CRIME RATE CONTINUES DECLINE

Washington - Crime in the nation's schools continued to fall between 1992 and 2002, reflecting the decline in the national crime rate, according to the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Department...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2006

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2006 www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
  Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
  After hours: 301-983-9354

SERIOUS VIOLENT CRIME AT SCHOOL CONTINUES TO FALL

WASHINGTON - The rate of serious violent crime rape, sexual assault, robbery and aggravated assault at the nation's schools fell from six victimizations per 1,000 students in 2003 to four per 1,000...

HIV in Prisons, 2004 and Medical Problems of Jail Inmates

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST Bureau of Justice Statistics
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2006 bjs.gov
  Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
  After hours: 301-983-9354

HIV-POSITIVE STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONERS DECREASED FOR A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

More than one third of jail inmates reported a medical problem in a national survey

WASHINGTON - The numbers of both HIV-positive state and federal prisoners and AIDS-related prisoner...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2007

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2007 Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0784
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs After hours: 301-983-9354

SCHOOL CRIME RATES STABLE CHILDREN 50 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED AWAY FROM SCHOOL THAN AT SCHOOL

WASHINGTON - Violent and property crime rates at the nation’s schools during 2005-07 such crimes per 1,000 students age 12 or older, were statistically...

HIV in Prisons, 2006 and Medical Problems of Prisoners

ADVANCE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bureau of Justice Statistics
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008 Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0784
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs After hours: 301-983-9354

NUMBER OF HIV-POSITIVE STATE AND FEDERAL INMATES CONTINUES TO DECLINE

About 44 percent of state inmates and 39 percent of federal inmates have medical problems

WASHINGTON Between 2005 and 2006 the number of state and federal prisoners who were HIV-positive decreased 3.1 percent from 22,676...

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...

Parents in Prison and Their Minor Children

IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT 4:00 P.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2008 Contact: Kara McCarthy: 202-307-1241
bjs.gov After hours: 781-308-3696

AN ESTIMATED 809,800 INMATES IN THE NATION'S PRISONS WERE PARENTS TO 1,706,600 MINOR CHILDREN AT MIDYEAR 2007

WASHINGTON - An estimated 809,800 prisoners of the 1,518,535 held in the nation's prison at midyear 2007 were parents of minor children, according to a report...