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Crime Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009-2019 - Statistical Tables
From the Document: "In 2019, the rate of violent victimization against persons with disabilities was nearly four times the rate for persons without disabilities (49.2 compared to 12.4 per 1,000 age 12 or older). Since July 2016, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) has asked all respondents their disability status, allowing rates by disability status to be generated solely from NCVS data. [...] Prior to this, American Community Survey (ACS) population data were used to calculate the rate of violent victimization against persons with disabilities, which was at least twice the rate for persons without disabilities every year from 2009 to 2019. [...] This report provides rates of nonfatal violent victimization against persons with and without disabilities, describes types of disabilities, and details victim characteristics. Nonfatal violent crimes include rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. Findings are based on BJS's [Bureau of Justice Statistics] NCVS, a household survey that collects data on residents of the United States age 12 or older (excluding those living in institutions)."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Harrell, Erika, 1976-
2021-11
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Criminal Victimization, 2020
From the Document: "From 2019 to 2020, the total violent victimization rate declined 22%, from 21.0 to 16.4 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older. Violent victimization includes rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. Based on data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the decrease in violent victimization was driven primarily by a decline in assault. The rate of simple assault declined from 13.7 per 1,000 in 2019 to 10.7 per 1,000 in 2020, and the rate of aggravated assault declined from 3.7 to 2.9 per 1,000. The decline in aggravated assault drove the decrease in violent crime, excluding simple assault, from 2019 (7.3 per 1,000) to 2020 (5.6 per 1,000). The rates of rape or sexual assault or robbery did not change between 2019 and 2020."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Morgan, Rachel E.; Thompson, Alexandra
2021-10
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Services for Crime Victims, 2019
From the Document: "Victim service providers (VSPs) delivered an average of 27 services to meet the critical needs of crime victims in 2019. Tribal VSPs reported providing the most services on average (32), followed by nonprofit or faith-based VSPs (29). Hospital, medical, or emergency; governmental; and campus VSPs provided 22 to 24 services on average in 2019. Findings in this report are based on the 2019 National Survey of Victim Service Providers (NSVSP), which examined a representative sample of VSPs from the roster developed for the 2017 National Census of Victim Service Providers. From May to November 2019, the NSVSP gathered information on the characteristics and functions of VSPs and the types of victims they served. Data were also collected on the services that victims commonly sought and found difficult to obtain locally, as well as the types of agencies that referred victims to VSPs. VSPs reported information from their most recent 12 months of calendar year or fiscal year data to the survey, depending on how they operated. Therefore, the 2019 survey covers VSP operations between 2018 and 2019."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Morgan, Rachel E.; Thompson, Alexandra; Warnken, Heather . . .
2021-10
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Hate Crime Victimization, 2005-2019
From the Document: "This report presents trends and patterns in hate crime violence using data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The report also presents data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Hate Crime Statistics Program (HCSP)."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Kena, Grace; Thompson, Alexandra
2021-09
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Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2020
From the Foreword: "'Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2020' provides the most recent national indicators on school crime and safety. The information presented in this report serves as a reference for policymakers and practitioners so that they can develop effective programs and policies aimed at violence and school crime prevention. Accurate information about the nature, extent, and scope of the problem being addressed is essential for developing effective programs and policies. This is the 23rd edition of Indicators of School Crime and Safety, a joint effort of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This report provides summary statistics to inform the nation about current aspects of crime and safety in schools. 'Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety' includes the most recent available data, compiled from a number of statistical data sources supported by the federal government."
National Center for Education Statistics; United States. Department of Education; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Irwin, Véronique; Wang, Ke; Cui, Jiashan . . .
2021-07
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Federal Hate Crime Prosecutions, 2005-19
From the Document: "From October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2019, U.S. attorneys investigated a total of 1,864 suspects in matters involving violations of federal hate crime statutes. Federal prosecutors referred 17% of the suspects for prosecution. The number of hate crime matters investigated fell 8%, from 647 during 2005-09 (129 per year) to 597 during 2015-19 (119 per year). During the most recent 5-year period of 2015-19, nearly half (48%) of the 597 suspects investigated for a hate crime were referred to U.S. attorneys for Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA) violations. This report uses data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' Federal Justice Statistics Program to describe criminal prosecutions over federal hate crimes from 2005 to 2019."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Motivans, Mark
2021-07
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'Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016': Alcohol and Drug Use and Treatment Reported by Prisoners
From the Document: "Among all state and federal prisoners (1,421,700), nearly 4 in 10 (38%) reported using drugs and 3 in 10 (30%) reported drinking alcohol at the time of the offense for which they were serving a sentence. Statistics in this report are based on self-reported data collected through face-to-face interviews with a national sample of state and federal prisoners age 18 or older in the 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI). Nearly two-thirds (64%) of state and federal prisoners reported using at least one drug in the 30 days prior to arrest for the offense for which they were serving time. Among state and federal prisoners who were not incarcerated for the entire 12 months prior to admission to prison for the offense for which they were serving a sentence (916,900), nearly half (47%) met the 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders', Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for substance use disorder in the 12 months prior to admission to prison."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Maruschak, Laura M.; Bronson, Jennifer; Alper, Mariel
2021-07
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Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 34 States in 2012: A 5-Year Follow-Up Period (2012-2017)
From the Document: "Among state prisoners released in 2012 across 34 states, 62% were arrested within 3 years, and 71% were arrested within 5 years (figure 1). Among prisoners released in 2012 across 21 states with available data on persons returned to prison, 39% had either a parole or probation violation or an arrest for a new offense within 3 years that led to imprisonment, and 46% had a parole or probation violation or an arrest within 5 years that led to imprisonment. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) used prisoner records from the National Corrections Reporting Program and criminal history data to analyze the post-release offending patterns of former prisoners both within and outside of the state where they were imprisoned. This study randomly sampled about 92,100 released prisoners to represent the approximately 408,300 state prisoners released across 34 states in 2012. These 34 states were responsible for 79% of all persons released from state prisons that year nationwide."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Durose, Matthew R.; Antenangeli, Leonardo
2021-07
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Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2021
From the Document: "The Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) of 2010 requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to (1) establish and implement a tribal crime data collection system, (2) consult with Indian tribes to establish and implement this data collection system, and (3) report annually to Congress on the data collected and analyzed in accordance with the act. The act specifies data collection and analysis of crimes committed on federally recognized reservations, in tribal communities, and on identified trust lands, commonly referred to as Indian country. In 2010, there were 334 federally and state-recognized American Indian reservations in the United States, with an estimated 4.8 million persons living on these reservations or in Alaska Native villages."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2021-07
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Sexual Assaults Recorded by Law Enforcement, 2019
From the Webpage: "This report presents statistics on sexual assault victimizations [hyperlink] that were reported to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2019 by law enforcement agencies in 20 states. NIBRS captures detailed information on four types of violent sexual assault recorded by law enforcement: rape , sodomy , sexual assault with an object , and fondling . This report contains interactive charts that compare the demographic characteristics of sexual assault victims to those of other serious violent crimes, present estimates of sexual victimization rates by victim demographic characteristics, and provide statistics on police clearance and arrest outcomes for sexual assaults. Data for this report were submitted by state and local law enforcement agencies from 20 states certified by the FBI to report all of their 2019 crime data to NIBRS."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Martin, Kimberly
2021-07
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State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2018 - Statistical Tables
From the Highlights: "This report presents findings from the 2018 Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies (CLETA). CLETA gathered information on recruits, staff, training curricula, equipment, and facilities from training academies that are responsible for administering mandatory basic training to newly appointed or elected law enforcement officers. These academies are operated by state, county, and municipal agencies and by universities, colleges, and technical schools. Academies that provided only in-service training were excluded from CLETA."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Buehler, Emily
2021-07
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Federal Justice Statistics, 2017-2018
From the Document: "Federal arrests increased by 53,763 from fiscal year (FY) 2017 to FY 2018, reaching their highest level in 25 years at 195,771 arrests. This marked the first rise in federal arrests since they dropped 25% from a former high of 188,164 arrests in 2013 to 142,008 arrests in 2017. Of the 372,354 persons under federal correctional control at fiscal year-end 2018, 60% were in secure confinement and 40% were under community supervision. This was similar to fiscal year-end 2017, when 372,531 persons were under federal correctional control (59% in secure confinement and 41% supervised in the community). This report describes persons processed by the federal criminal justice system."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Motivans, Mark
2021-04
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Financial Fraud in the United States, 2017
From the Document: "In 2017, an estimated 3.0 million persons, or about 1.25% of those age 18 or older, reported that they were victims of personal financial fraud during the prior 12 months[.] About 2.0 million persons (0.81%) reported experiencing fraud related to consumer products and services, the most commonly reported type of financial fraud[.] Findings are from the 2017 Supplemental Fraud Survey (SFS), the first data collection of its kind under the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The SFS collected data on the experiences of adults with seven types of personal financial fraud during the 12 months preceding their interview. Tis report describes the prevalence of personal financial fraud, victim characteristics, and whether the fraud was reported to police or others. For more information on the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) definition of fraud and the fraud types measured in the SFS, see the 'Measurement of personal financial fraud victimization' text box and 'Methodology'."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Morgan, Rachel E.
2021-04
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Victims of Identity Theft, 2018
From the Document: "In 2018, an estimated 23 million persons, or about 9% of all United States residents age 16 or older, reported that they had been victims of identity theft during the prior 12 months[.] Five percent of residents age 16 or older had experienced at least one incident involving the misuse of an existing credit card, and 4% had experienced the misuse of an existing bank account. One percent reported the misuse of their personal information to open a new account. Less than 1% had experienced the misuse of their personal information for other fraudulent purposes, such as for getting medical care, a job, or governmental benefits. Financial losses due to identity theft totaled $15.1 billion among the 16.3 million victims age 16 or older with known losses of $1 or more (70% of all victims). Tis report uses data from the 2018 Identity Theft Supplement (ITS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey. From January to June 2018, the ITS collected data from persons about their experience with identity theft during the 12 months preceding the interview."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Harrell, Erika, 1976-
2021-04
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Stalking Victimization, 2016
From the Document: "In 2016, an estimated 1.5% of all U.S. residents age 16 or older (3.8 million persons) were victims of stalking[.] Stalking is repeated unwanted contacts or behaviors that either cause the victim to experience fear or substantial emotional distress or that would cause a reasonable person to experience fear or substantial emotional distress. Most persons reported experiencing both stalking with technology and traditional stalking (0.7%). A greater percentage reported experiencing stalking with technology only (0.5%) than traditional stalking only (0.3%). Findings are based on the 2016 Supplemental Victimization Survey (SVS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). From July of 2016 to December of 2016, the SVS asked persons age 16 or older about their experiences with stalking during the 12 months preceding the interview. The report details the demographic characteristics of victims who were stalked during a 12-month period. It also describes the nature of stalking victimization, including the number of offenders, the victim-offender relationship, and the frequency and duration of the stalking."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Truman, Jennifer L.; Morgan, Rachel E.
2021-04
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Human Trafficking Data-Collection Activities, 2020
From the Document: "The Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (CHTA) (34 U.S.C. § 20709(e)(2)(B)) requires the director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to prepare an annual report on human trafficking. The report must include information on the following: the number of arrests for human-trafficking offenses by state law enforcement officers; the number of prosecutions of individuals in state courts for human-trafficking offenses; the number of convictions of individuals in state courts for human-trafficking offenses; [and] sentences imposed on individuals convicted in state courts for human-trafficking offenses. BJS examined options to modify its existing data collections and implement new approaches to collect the data required by CHTA. In addition, BJS assessed the availability of data on human trafficking among criminal justice agencies at the state and local levels."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Smith, Erica L.; Brotsos, Heather; Cooper, Alexia . . .
2021-03
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Local Jail Population, January-June 2020
From the Document: "Local jails in the United States experienced a large decline (down 185,400 inmates) in their inmate populations from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2020, which can be attributed mainly to the COVID-19 pandemic. The inmate population confined in local jails was 549,100 at the end of June 2020, down from 734,500 at the end of June 2019. The midyear 2020 inmate population was the lowest since 1996, when 518,500 inmates were confined in local jails (not shown in tables). The impact of COVID-19 on local jails began in March 2020, with a drop of 18% in the inmate population between the end of February and the end of March, followed by an 11% drop by the end of April. By the last weekday in April 2020, the number of jail inmates dropped to a low of 519,500. By the end of May 2020, the population increased about 3% and was up another 2% by the end of June 2020. The decline in the inmate population since midyear 2019 resulted from both a reduction in admissions to jails and expedited releases in response to the COVID-19 pandemic from March to June 2020."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Minton, Todd D.; Zeng, Zhen; Maruschak, Laura M.
2021-03
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Immigration, Citizenship, and the Federal Justice System, 1998-2018 (Revised January 27, 2021)
"This report highlights trends in federal arrests and prosecutions by the country of citizenship of persons processed through the federal criminal justice system. It shows changes from 1998 through 2018. The report provides statistics on law enforcement and prosecutions along the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as in non-border areas. It shows the number of suspects arrested and prosecuted for both immigration and non-immigration offenses, including by their citizenship status. It details activities for all 94 federal judicial districts, while also separately detailing activities for the 5 districts along the U.S.-Mexico border."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Motivans, Mark
2021-01-27
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Race and Ethnicity of Violent Crime Offenders and Arrestees, 2018
From the Document: "In 2018, based on data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, black people were overrepresented among persons arrested for nonfatal violent crimes (33%) and for serious nonfatal violent crimes (36%) relative to their representation in the U.S. population (13%). White people were underrepresented. White people accounted for 60% of U.S. residents but 46% of all persons arrested for rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and other assault, and 39% of all arrestees for nonfatal violent crimes excluding other assault. Hispanics, regardless of their race, were overrepresented among arrestees for nonfatal violent crimes excluding other assault (21%) relative to their representation in the U.S. population (18%). These UCR data on incidents of nonfatal violent crime can be compared to data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) to determine how much offense and arrest differences by race and ethnicity can be attributed to differences in criminal involvement. The NCVS collects information on victims' perceptions of offenders' race, ethnicity, and other characteristics in incidents of violent crime. This survey is administered to persons age 12 or older from a nationally representative sample of U.S. households. The 2018 NCVS data file includes interviews from 151,055 households."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Beck, Allen J.
2021-01
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Bureau of Justice Statistics Assessment of the Rape and Sexual Assault Pilot Test
From the Document: "The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) funded the methodological research described in the third-party report, 'Methodological Research to Support the National Crime Victimization Survey: Self-Report Data on Rape and Sexual Assault - Pilot Test' (NCJ 256011, BJS, January 2021). The purpose of the Pilot Test was to develop and test a new methodology for measuring rape and sexual assault, with the goal of collecting more accurate statistics on the nature and frequency of those crimes. The third-party report detailing the results of the Pilot Test does not provide official government statistics, nor does it provide nationwide statistics. This assessment by BJS, published in connection with the third-party report, evaluates the methodology of the Pilot Test, and it provides context for interpreting data presented in the third-party report. During testing, the Pilot Test's methodology--which was developed and tested by Westat in collaboration with BJS--proved problematic in a variety of ways. It generated extremely high rates of rape and sexual assault that deviated profoundly from statistics published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The Pilot Test surveyed a total of about 5,800 females ages 18 to 49 across five metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in 2014 and 2015: Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Phoenix. Through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, state and local law enforcement agencies convey to the FBI how many rapes are reported each year to law enforcement, including in those five MSAs."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Anderson, Jefrey H.; Beck, Allen J.
2021-01
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Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2018 - Statistical Tables
From the Document: "U.S. residents were asked about instances where they sought help from police (resident-initiated contacts) and when police approached or stopped them (police-initiated contacts). Resident-initiated contacts with police include reporting a crime, disturbance, or suspicious activity; reporting a non-crime emergency such as a medical emergency; reporting a non-emergency such as asking for directions; participating in a block watch or other anti-crime program; or approaching or seeking help from police for another reason. Police-initiated contacts include being stopped by police while in a public place or a parked vehicle (i.e., a street stop), being stopped by police while driving a motor vehicle (i.e., a traffic stop), riding as a passenger in a car that was stopped by police, being arrested, or being stopped or approached by police for some other reason. The PPCS [Police-Public Contact Survey] also collected data on contacts resulting from a traffic accident."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Harrell, Erika, 1976-; Davis, Elizabeth
2020-12
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Violent Victimization by Race or Ethnicity, 2005-2019
This document provides statistics related to violent victimization by race or ethnicity from 2005 to 2019.
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Oudekerk, Barbara A.
2020-10
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Criminal Victimization, 2019
From the Document: "After rising from 1.1 million in 2015 to 1.4 million in 2018, the number of persons who were victims of violent crime excluding simple assault dropped to 1.2 million in 2019. This is the first statistically significant decrease in the number of persons who were victims of violent crime excluding simple assault since 2015, and it corresponds with a decline in the number of victims of rape or sexual assault from 2018 to 2019. Based on the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the nation's largest crime survey, the portion of U.S. residents age 12 or older who were victims of one or more violent crimes excluding simple assault declined from 0.50% (about 1 in 200 persons) in 2018 to 0.44% (about 1 in 230 persons) in 2019, a 12% decrease."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Morgan, Rachel E.; Truman, Jennifer L.
2020-09
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Local Police Departments: Policies and Procedures, 2016
This statistical brief covers data on policies and procedures at local police departments for 2016.
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Brooks, Connor
2020-08
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Sheriffs' Offices: Policies and Procedures, 2016
This August 2020 Statistical Brief provides information on Sheriffs' Offices: Policies and Procedures, 2016.
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Davis, Elizabeth
2020-08
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2019
From the Executive Summary: "Establishing reliable indicators of the current state of school crime and safety across the nation and regularly updating and monitoring these indicators are important in ensuring the safety of our nation's students. This is the aim of 'Indicators of School Crime and Safety.' [...] This report presents the most recent data available on school crime and student safety. The indicators in this report are based on information drawn from a variety of data sources. [...] The most recent data collection for each indicator varied by survey, from 2016 to 2019. Each data source has an independent sample design, data collection method, and questionnaire design, or is the result of a universe data collection. Findings described in this report with comparative language (e.g., higher, lower, increase, and decrease) are statistically significant at the .05 level. Additional information about methodology and the datasets analyzed in this report may be found in appendix A. This report covers topics such as victimization, bullying and electronic bullying, school conditions, fights, weapons, availability and student use of drugs and alcohol, student perceptions of personal safety at school, and criminal incidents at postsecondary institutions. Indicators of crime and safety are compared across different population subgroups and over time. Data on crimes that occur away from school are offered as a point of comparison where available."
National Center for Education Statistics; United States. Department of Education; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Wang, Ke; Chen, Yongqiu; Zhang, Jizhi . . .
2020-07
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Tribal Crime Data-Collection Activities, 2020
From the Document: "The Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) of 2010 requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to (1) establish and implement a tribal crime data collection system, (2) consult with Indian tribes to establish and implement this data-collection system, and (3) report annually to Congress on the data collected and analyzed in accordance with the act. Te act specifies data collection and analysis of crimes committed on federally recognized reservations, in tribal communities, and on identified trust lands, which in combination are commonly referred to as Indian country. There are approximately 326 federally recognized tribal lands in the continental United States, with an estimated population of 4.6 million persons, of which 23% are American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN)."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2020-07
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Selected Findings from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program
From the Document: "This report presents statistics on crimes known to law enforcement that were voluntarily reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. The tables show the number and rate of violent and property crimes over the 5-year period from 2014 through 2018, by offense type and by the population group that was victimized. They also show the number and rate of homicides over the 10-year period from 2009 through 2018, by the sex and race of the victims."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2020-07
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Jurisdiction of State Attorneys General Offices Over White-Collar Crime, 2014
From the Document: "In 2014, a total of 44 state attorneys general offices and the District of Columbia's Office of the Attorney General handled cases involving white-collar crime. Thirty-three of these offices handled both criminal and civil white-collar cases, 9 handled only criminal cases, and 3 handled only civil cases."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Strong, Suzanne M.
2020-05
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Comparison of Criminal-History Information Systems in the United States and Other Countries
From the Abstract: "Official criminal-history record information is an important component of criminal justice systems worldwide, but little is known about how the United States' criminal-history system compares to those in other industrialized countries. To address this knowledge gap, the Bureau of Justice Statistics sponsored a study to document and compare the national criminal-history systems in the United States, Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Germany, and the Netherlands. The topics include the operational uses and sources of the criminal-history data, procedures to assess record accuracy and completeness, efforts to improve the systems, and the availability of records to government and non-government entities for operational and research purposes. Sub-national criminal-history systems (e.g., the state repositories in the U.S.) and other data systems that maintain and disseminate criminal justice information were outside the scope of this study."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; RAND Corporation
Alper, Mariel; Durose, Matthew R.
2020-04-02
