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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2003 | Contact: Stu Smith |
| 202/307-0784 |
NATION'S SCHOOL CRIME RATE DECLINING
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Reflecting the national decline in crime rates, crime against public and private school students has also dropped, according to a new report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2003 | Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 |
| After hours: 301-983-9354 |
COLLEGE STUDENTS VICTIMIZED LESS BY VIOLENT CRIME THAN NON-STUDENTS ACCORDING TO NEW JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STUDY
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice today released findings from its first study of violent crime on college campuses that indicates college students were victimized by...
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2005 | www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs |
| Contact: Pete Pierce 202-307-0703 | |
| After hours: 202-532-5757 |
NATION'S YOUNGER TEENS EXPERIENCED LARGEST DECREASE IN CRIME VICTIMIZATIONS BETWEEN 1993 AND 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Juveniles 12-17 years old, like all other age groups, experienced a decline in violent crime victimizations from 1993 through 2003, with younger teens, 12-14 years old, having the...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2005 | www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs |
| Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 | |
| After hours: 301-983-9354 |
VIOLENT CRIMES AND PROPERTY CRIMES REMAINED AT 30-YEAR LOWS IN 2004
WASHINGTON - Violent and property crime rates in 2004 remained at the lowest levels since the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) first conducted its annual National Criminal Victimization Survey...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 | bjs.gov |
| Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 | |
| After hours: 301-983-9354 |
STUDY FINDS MORE THAN HALF OF ALL PRISON AND JAIL INMATES HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
WASHINGTON - More than half of all prison and jail inmates, including 56 percent of state prisoners, 45 percent of federal prisoners and 64 percent...
| IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT 9:00 A.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2006 | www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs |
| Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 | |
| After hours: 301-983-9354 |
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE DECLINED BETWEEN 1993 AND 2004
Washington - The intimate partner violence rate has declined since 1993, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. In 1993 nonfatal intimate partner violence was 5.8 victimizations per 1,000 U.S...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:00 P.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007 | Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0784 |
| www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs | After hours: 301-983-9354 |
URBAN AND SUBURBAN CRIME RATES STABLE FROM 2005 TO 2006
WASHINGTON - Violent and property crime rates in United States urban and suburban communities remained stable between 2005 and 2006, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Last year...
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...
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| 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...
An unlawful physical attack or threat of attack. Assaults may be classified as aggravated or simple. Rape, attempted rape, and sexual assaults are excluded from this category, as well as robbery and attempted robbery. The severity of assaults ranges from minor threats to nearly fatal incidents.
