Alcohol and Crime
Date Published
April 1998
Agencies
BJS
Publication Type
Publication
Victims of crime
Age Patterns of Victims of Serious Violent Crime
Date Published
July 1997
Agencies
BJS
Publication Type
Publication
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...
Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Victims of Crime
Date Published
March 2009
Publication Type
Publication
Parents in Prison and Their Minor Children
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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...
Assault
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.
The State Justice Statistics Program For Alabama''s Statistical Analysis Center, 2008
2008-BJ-CX-K009
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2008
$49,426
The State Justice Statistics Program For Alabama's Statistical Analysis Center, 2007
2007-BJ-CX-K006
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2007
$48,518