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Victims

Female Victims of Violent Crime 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18, 1996           202/633-3047

  WOMEN ARE VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS AT A LOWER RATE  
   THAN MEN, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS NARROWING
 Women Are More Likely To Be Attacked By Intimates

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There were 10.9 million
violent crimes during 1994, with two female
victims for every three male victims, the Justice
Department's...

Violent Victimization and Race, 1993-98

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SUNDAY, March 18, 2001      202/307-0784

DIFFERENCES IN RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME EXPERIENCED BY WHITES AND BLACKS NARROW

American Indians Are The Most Victimized By Violence

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Violent victimization of both blacks and whites has decreased significantly since 1993, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today in a report analyzing crime statistics from 1993-1998...

Emergency Room Statistics on Intentional Violence

Collects data on intentional injuries, such as domestic violence, rape, and child abuse, from a national sample of hospital emergency rooms. Through the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), information is obtained on characteristics of the victim and offender, victim- offender relationship, alcohol/drug involvement in the incident, and circumstances of the injury.

Black Victims of Violent Crime

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:00 P.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2007 Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0784
bjs.gov After hours: 301-983-9354

BLACK AMERICANS WERE VICTIMS IN 15 PERCENT OF ALL NONFATAL VIOLENT CRIMES AND 49 PERCENT OF ALL HOMICIDES DURING 2005

WASHINGTON - Black Americans accounted for 13 percent of the U.S. population in 2005 but were the victims of about 15 percent...

Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2007-08

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 9:00 A.M. EST Bureau of Justice Statistics
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009 Sheila Jerusalem 202-616-3227
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs After hours: 202-598-3570

MORE THAN 1,200 ALLEGED INCIDENTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTED IN THE U.S.

WASHINGTON - In the first 21 months of operation, the Human Trafficking Reporting System (HTRS) recorded information on more than 1,200 alleged incidents of human trafficking, the U.S. Department of Justice’s...