Older individuals and criminal victimization

Unmasking The Discrepancy: The Overlooked Surge in Violent Crime

Highlights A 44 percent increase in violence per the latest report (2022) from the National Crime Victimization Survey of the USDOJ would be the largest…

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Understanding the Impact: 75 Million Crime Victimization in the United States Yearly

Is Violence Rising Or Falling? Understanding Quirks Within The National Crime Victimization Survey

Highlights Analyzing national violence and property crime statistics can cause mental whiplash. Understanding crime in America has never been more challenging.  For the upcoming elections,…

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Understanding the Impact: 75 Million Crime Victimization in the United States Yearly

Violent Victimization Increases For Urban Areas in 2021 Per USDOJ

Highlights From 2020 to 2021, the violent victimization rate increased from 19.0 to 24.5 victimizations per 1,000 persons in urban areas while remaining unchanged in…

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Understanding the Impact: 75 Million Crime Victimization in the United States Yearly

DOJ: Largest Increase In Homicides-Largest Decrease in Violence-Confused?

Highlights The Bureau of Justice Statistics states that the violent victimization rate dropped 22 percent in 2020. This is the largest decrease in violence ever reported…

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Counting Crime in America Could Get Contentious

Highlights Newsy has learned the FBI is going to stop collecting crime data for its Uniform Crime Report (UCR) from an estimated one in four…

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Crime Rates for States, Metro Areas and Counties Compared for the First Time Using Victim Data

Editor’s Note: This is the first time that the Department of Justice, using the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), have offered comparison data of states,…

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