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National Crime Victimization Survey: Criminal Victimization, 2013
"In 2013, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced an estimated 6.1 million violent victimizations and 16.8 million property victimizations, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). After two consecutive years of increases, the overall violent crime rate (which includes rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault) declined slightly, from 26.1 victimizations per 1,000 persons in 2012 to 23.2 per 1,000 in 2013 . The slight decline in simple assault accounted for about 80% of the change in total violence. The rate of violent crime in 2013 was similar to the rate in 2011 (22.6 per 1,000). Since 1993, the rate of violent crime has declined from 79.8 to 23.2 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older. The overall property crime rate (which includes household burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft) decreased from 155.8 victimizations per 1,000 households in 2012 to 131.4 victimizations per 1,000 in 2013. The decline in theft accounted for the majority of the decrease in property crime. Since 1993, the rate of property crime has declined from 351.8 to 131.4 victimizations per 1,000 households."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Truman, Jennifer L.; Langton, Lynn
2014-09-19
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National Crime Victimization Survey: Criminal Victimization, 2010
"During 2010, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced an estimated 18.7 million violent and property crime victimizations, down from 20.1 million in 2009 and 24.2 million in 2001, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). These criminal victimizations in 2010 included an estimated 3.8 million violent victimizations, 1.4 million serious violent victimizations, 14.8 million property victimizations, and 138,000 personal thefts. Violent and serious violent victimizations declined by nearly 34% between 2001 and 2010. The NCVS collects information on nonfatal crimes reported and not reported to the police against persons age 12 or older from a nationally representative sample of U.S. households. It produces national rates and levels of personal and property victimization, as well as information on the characteristics of crimes and victims, and the consequences of victimization to victims. Because the NCVS is based on interviews with victims, it cannot measure murder. Information on homicide presented in this report was obtained from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR)."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Truman, Jennifer L.
2011-09
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National Crime Victimization Survey: Criminal Victimization, 2012
"In 2012, for the second consecutive year, violent and property crime rates increased for U.S. residents age 12 or older, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The overall violent crime rate (which includes rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated and simple assault) rose from 22.6 victimizations per 1,000 persons in 2011 to 26.1 in 2012 […]. Violent victimizations that were not reported to police increased from a rate of 10.8 per 1,000 persons in 2011 to 14.0 in 2012 and accounted for the majority of the increase in total violence. The apparent increase in the rate of violent crimes reported to police from 2011 to 2012 was not statistically significant. The overall property crime rate (which includes household burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft) increased from 138.7 per 1,000 households in 2011 to 155.8 per 1,000 in 2012. Similar to violent crime, the rate for property crime not reported to police increased during the period, from 86.1 to 101.9 victimizations per 1,000 households. However, there was no statistically significant change in the rate of property crime victimization reported to police."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Truman, Jennifer L.; Langton, Lynn; Planty, Michael
2013-10
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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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Trends and Patterns in Firearm Violence, 1993-2018
From the Document: "The rate of firearm homicide per 100,000 persons age 12 or older declined 41% across the 26-year period of 1993 to 2018, from 8.4 to 5.0 homicides per 100,000 ('figure 1'). During the more recent 5 years from 2014 to 2018, this rate was between 4.0 and 5.2 homicides per 100,000 persons age 12 or older. A total of 150 persons age 11 or younger were victims of firearm homicide in 2018, resulting in a rate of 0.3 homicides per 100,000 persons in this age group (not shown). Firearm homicides include fatal injuries that involved a firearm and were inflicted by another person with intent to injure or kill by any means. Homicide data in this report are primarily from mortality data in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) Fatal Injury Reports. WISQARS data are based on death certificates in the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) of the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2018, some 14,000 homicides were committed with a firearm ('table 1'). The number of firearm homicides involving persons age 12 or older declined 23% across 26 years, from 18,000 in 1993 to 13,800 in 2018."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Kena, Grace; Truman, Jennifer L.
2022-04
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National Crime Victimization Survey: Criminal Victimization, 2016
"In 2016, about half (51%) of serious violent crimes, including rape or sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault, were reported to police [...]. In comparison, 42% of all violent crimes and 36% of property crimes were reported to police. Data are from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which collects information on nonfatal crimes against persons age 12 or older from a nationally representative sample of U.S. households. The NCVS measures violent crimes, which include rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. Property crimes include household burglary, motor vehicle theft, and theft. The survey also measures personal larceny, which includes pickpocketing and purse snatching."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Morgan, Rachel E.; Kena, Grace
2017-12
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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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National Crime Victimization Survey: Criminal Victimization, 2014
"In 2014, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced an estimated 5.4 million violent victimizations and 15.3 million property victimizations, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). There was no significant change in the overall rate of violent crime, defined as rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault, from 2013 (23.2 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older) to 2014 (20.1 per 1,000) (figure 1). However, the rate of violent crime in 2014 was lower than the rate in 2012 (26.1 per 1,000). From 1993 to 2014, the rate of violent crime declined from 79.8 to 20.1 per 1,000. The overall property crime rate (which includes household burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft) decreased from 131.4 victimizations per 1,000 households in 2013 to 118.1 victimizations per 1,000 in 2014. The decline in theft accounted for the majority of the decrease in property crime. Since 1993, the rate of property crime declined from 351.8 to 118.1 victimizations per 1,000 households."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Truman, Jennifer L.; Langton, Lynn
2015-09-25
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Immigration, Citizenship, and the Federal Justice System, 2000-2020 - Supplemental Tables
This resource provides additional tables for a previously released report, "Immigration, Citizenship, and the Federal Justice System, 1998-2018," which can be accessed here: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=855018].
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Motivans, Mark
2022-05
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Federal Justice Statistics, 2020
From the Document: "Federal arrests declined 42% from fiscal year (FY) 2019 to FY 2020, reaching their lowest level since FY 2001. Of the 346,681 persons under federal correctional control at fiscal year-end 2020, about 56% were in secure confinement and 44% were on community supervision. This was a decline from fiscal year-end 2010, when 401,198 persons were under federal correctional control. This report describes cases processed by the federal criminal justice system. Data are from the Federal Justice Statistics Program, which collects, standardizes, and reports on administrative data received from six federal justice agencies: the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC), Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and U.S. Sentencing Commission."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Motivans, Mark
2022-05
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Immigration, Citizenship, and the Federal Justice System, 1998-2018 (Revised January 27, 2021)
From the Document: "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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Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, 2005
Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, 2005 is the tenth in a series of Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports. This report describes laws, regulations, procedures, and information systems related to sales and other transfers of firearms that were in effect as of December 31, 2005. Procedures summarized in the survey are required by the laws and regulations of the United States, the 50 States, and other jurisdictions.
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2006-11
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Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics, 2004
"This Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report presents an overview of case processing in the Federal criminal justice system. The data presented are compiled from the BJS Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) database. The FJSP database includes data provided by the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Executive Office for the U.S. Attorneys, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and U.S. Sentencing Commission. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, in addition to providing data describing defendants in criminal cases processed by the Federal judiciary, provides data describing defendants processed by the Federal pretrial services agencies and the Federal probation and supervision service. The data can be downloaded from the Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center at http://fjsrc.urban.org."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2006-12
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Money Laundering Offenders, 1994-2001 - Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report
"During 2001, 1,477 defendants were charged in U.S. district courts with money laundering as the most serious offense filed. These defendants comprised 1.8% of all cases filed in U.S. district courts Offenders convicted of money laundering face prison terms of up to 20 years, fines up to $500,000 or twice the value of the property involved, and possible criminal and civil forfeiture related to the value of the property or funds involved This report uses data from the Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) to describe the criminal case processing of money laundering offenders in the Federal criminal justice system."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Motivans, Mark
2003-07
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Local Police Departments 2000
This document provides statistics on local police departments in 2000. It covers personnel; budget and pay; operations; community policing; equipment; computers and information systems; special arrest policies; and methodology. "During 2000, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), as a part of its Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) program, surveyed a nationally representative sample of State and local law enforcement agencies operating nationwide. Previous LEMAS surveys were conducted in 1987, 1990, 1993, 1997, and 1999. This report presents data from the 2000 survey describing the nearly 13,000 local police departments operating in the United States in terms of their personnel, expenditures and pay, operations, community policing initiatives, equipment, computers and information systems, and written policies. Comparisons are made with prior years where appropriate."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Hickman, Matthew J.; Reaves, Brian (Brian A.)
2003-01
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Report of the National Task Force on Federal Legislation Imposing Reporting Requirements and Expectations on the Criminal Justice System - Bureau of Justice Statistics
"The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), U.S. Department of Justice; SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics; and the National Center for State Courts established a national task force in response to the courts expressed need to examine the extent to which and the manner in which Federal legislation imposes reporting requirements and expectations on the criminal justice system and, in particular, the courts. This report of the National Task Force on Federal Legislation Imposing Reporting Requirements and Expectations on the Criminal Justice System is focused on providing a response to the courts request to review this issue. It is based on discussion and analysis by the Task Force at three meetings held as follows: in Sacramento, California, on January 14-15, 1998; in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 14-15, 1998; and in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 11-12, 1999. The report is also based upon staff research of relevant case law, statutory law, secondary sources, and several surveys and interviews."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2000-08
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Police Departments in Large Cities,, 1990-2000 - Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report
"From 1990 to 2000, 62 local police departments served cities with a population of 250,000 or more. During this time, the number of residents served by these agencies increased by 10%, from 45 million to 49.4 million; their number of full-time employees by 20%, from 166,823 to 199,627; and their number of full-time sworn personnel by 17%, from 130,242 to 152,858. In contrast to the increases noted above, the volume of serious crime reported in these cities was substantially lower in 2000 than in 1990. According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reports program, the number of violent Crime Index offenses declined by 34%, and the number of property Crime Index offenses by 31%."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Hickman, Matthew J.; Reaves, Brian (Brian A.)
2002-05
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Noncitizens in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 1984-94 - Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report
"The number of noncitizens processed in the Federal criminal justice system increased an average 10% annually from 1984 to 1994. During 1984, 3,462 noncitizens were prosecuted in U.S. district courts; during 1994, more than 10,000 were prosecuted. The greatest part of this increase occurred between 1986 and 1989, when the number increased by almost 6,000. Since 1989 the number has remained fairly stable. In contrast to the substantial increase in the number of noncitizens prosecuted, the overall Federal criminal caseload increased at a much slower rate between 1984 and 1994 - an average of less than 2% annually. During 1984 approximately 49,000 defendants were prosecuted in U.S. district courts; during 1994 approximately 59,000 were prosecuted."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Scalia, John
1996-08
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Nation's Two Crime Measures
"The U.S. Department of Justice administers two statistical programs to measure the magnitude, nature, and impact of crime in the Nation: the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Each program produces valuable information about aspects of the Nation's crime problem. Because the UCR and NCVS programs are conducted for different purposes, use different methods, and focus on somewhat different aspects of crime, the information they produce together provides a more comprehensive panorama of the Nation's crime problem than either could produce alone."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2004-10
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Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2004
"Reports the results of a census, conducted every four years, of all State and local law enforcement agencies operating nationwide. The report provides the number of employees of State and local law enforcement agencies as of September 2004, including State-by-State data for sheriffs' offices, local police departments, State police and highway patrol agencies, and special jurisdiction police. Highlights include the following: In September 2004, 17,876 State and local law enforcement agencies with the equivalent of at least 1 full-time officer were operating in the U.S.; From 2000 to 2004, full-time employment by State and local law enforcement agencies nationwide increased overall by 57,400 (or 5.6%), and; Although local police employment was up slightly nationwide from 2000 to 2004, 20 of the nation's 50 largest local police departments saw a decline in sworn personnel during this period, including 6 of the 7 largest."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2007-06
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National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact: Resource Materials
"This report consists of several informational resources relating to the proposed National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact (Compact). Adoption of the Compact by the U.S. Congress and the States will facilitate the full implementation of the Interstate Identification Index (III) as a decentralized system for the exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes among States and the Federal government. The purpose of the Compact is to authorize and require participating State criminal history repositories and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make all unsealed criminal history records available in response to authorized noncriminal justice requests, for such purposes as background checks on those seeking employment with children or the elderly. The requests will be fingerprint-supported, and the dissemination and use of the records will be governed by the receiving State's laws."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
1998-01
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Use and Management of Criminal History Record Information: A Comprehensive Report
"This report is the first comprehensive examination of the Nation's criminal history record systems and the major issues and developments that affect them. It describes in nontechnical terms the complex and interrelated network of Federal, State and local information systems that provide criminal history records to criminal justice personnel and to authorized noncriminal justice users. It also assesses the role these systems play in the effective functioning of the criminal justice system, and reviews the impact that new technologies and strategies are having on the completeness, accuracy and availability of criminal history records."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Belair, Robert R.; Woodard, Paul L.
1993
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Justice Expenditure and Employment in the United States, 2003
"In 2003 the United States spent a record $185 billion for police protection, corrections, and judicial and legal activities. Expenditures for operating the
Nation's justice system increased from almost $36 billion in 1982 to over $185 billion in 2003, an increase of 418%. Local governments funded half of all justice system expenses. Another 33% of direct justice funding came from the States. Total justice expenditures comprised approximately 7.2% of all State and local public expenditures in 2003. Compared to justice expenditures, State and local governments continued to spend almost 4 times as much on education, twice as much on public welfare, and roughly an equal amount on hospitals and healthcare."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Hughes, Kristen A.
2006-04
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Local Police Departments, 2003
"During 2003 the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), as part of its Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) program, surveyed a nationally representative sample of State and local law enforcement agencies operating nationwide. Previous LEMAS surveys were conducted in 1987, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999 (limited scope), and 2000. This report presents data from the 2003 survey describing the nearly 13,000 local police departments operating in the United States in terms of their personnel, expenditures and pay, operations, community policing initiatives, written policies and procedures, computers and information systems, and equipment. Comparisons are made with prior years where appropriate."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2006-05
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Sheriffs' Offices, 2003
"During 2003 the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), as part of its Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) program, surveyed a nationally representative sample of State and local law enforcement agencies operating nationwide. Previous LEMAS surveys were conducted in 1987, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999 (limited scope), and 2000. This report presents data from the
2003 survey describing the more than 3,000 sheriffs' offices operating in the
United States in terms of their personnel, expenditures and pay, operations, community policing initiatives, written policies and procedures, computers and information systems, and equipment. Comparisons are made with prior years where appropriate."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Hickman, Matthew J.; Reaves, Brian (Brian A.)
2006-05
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Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin: Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2005
"In 2005 about 8.3 million applications for firearm transfers or permits were subject to background checks under the Brady Act and similar State laws. This is an increase of 2.4% from the 8.1 million applications in 2004. The FBI processed nearly 5.0 million of these applications (60%), and State and local agencies processed 3.3 million (40%)."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bowling, Michael
2006-11
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Cybercrime against Businesses, 2005
This report "[p]resents the nature and prevalence of computer security incidents among 7,818 businesses in 2005. This is the first report to provide data on monetary loss and system downtime resulting from cyber incidents. It examines details on types of offenders, reporting of incidents to law enforcement, reasons for not reporting incidents, types of systems affected, and the most common security vulnerabilities. The report also compares in-house security to outsourced security in terms of prevalence of cyber attacks. Appendix tables include industry-level findings. Highlights include the following: Computer virus infections were the most prevalent cybercrime among businesses in 2005. The 3,247 businesses that incurred monetary loss from cybercrime lost a total of $867 million. Most businesses did not report cyber attacks to law enforcement authorities."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Rantala, Ramona R.
2008-09
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Cybercrime against Businesses - Bureau of Justice Statistics Technical Report
"Among 198 businesses responding to a 2001 pilot survey, 74% reported being a victim of cybercrime. Other findings on the 198 businesses included the following: nearly two-thirds had been victimized by a computer virus at least once; a quarter had experienced denial of service attacks, such as the degradation of Internet connections due to excessive amounts of incoming information; about a fifth reported that their computer systems had been vandalized or sabotaged. These are some of the findings from the Computer Security Survey (CSS) 2001 pilot, which covered a group of 500 businesses nationwide. These findings are not nationally representative but illustrate the feasibility and utility of a data collection program to be initiated in 2004 among some 36,000 businesses. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), collaborating with the U.S. Census Bureau, conducted the CSS pilot. Results of this test demonstrated a need for an increased response rate to produce valid national estimates and a need to refine survey questions."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Rantala, Ramona R.
2004-03
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Bridging Gaps in Police Crime Data
"'Crime in the United States' (CIUS), published annually by the FBI, is a compilation of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) provided by over 18,000 policing jurisdictions. It represents one of the two primary sources of data about crime in the United States, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) being the other The quality of the data provided to the FBI, however, is uneven. Reporting to the FBI remains for many jurisdictions a voluntary activity; although many States now mandate that agencies report crime and arrest data to them (which they then forward to the FBI), even in those States local agencies do not always comply. Moreover, despite the efforts of the FBI to maintain their quality, there are many gaps in the data that make their use questionable. While this has had limited impact in the past, the fact that the UCR data have, for the first time, been used to allocate Federal funds brings issues about data quality to center stage This report describes the history of the UCR system and the data problems that it deals with in reporting crime, arrest and homicide. It describes the procedures used by the FBI to fill in gaps in the data when they exist and makes suggestions about how they might be improved."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Maltz, Michael D.
1999-09
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Bureau of Justice Statistics 2002: At a Glance
"The Bureau of Justice Statistics collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to Federal, State, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that administration of justice is both efficient and evenhanded."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2002-08
