Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Content Topic Results

This report presents data from the 2008-09 National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC), conducted in 195 juvenile confinement facilities between June 2008 and April 2009, with a sample of over 9,000 adjudicated youth. The report provides national-level and facility-level estimates of sexual victimization by type of activity, including youth-on-youth sexual contact, staff sexual misconduct, and level of coercion.

"The estimates are drawn from the NCVS, an ongoing survey of households that interviewed about 73,600 persons in 41,500 households, two times in 2007. The report includes data on violent crimes (rape/sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault), property crimes (burglary, motor vehicle theft and property theft), and personal theft (pocket picking and purse snatching), and the characteristics of victims of these crimes."

This report demonstrates that state felony defendants charged with domestic violence were prosecuted, convicted and incarcerated at rates either equal to or higher than felony defendants charged with non-domestic violence. Data are also presented regarding court issued protection orders, guilty plea versus trial convictions, and the demographic characteristics of domestic violence defendants.

"Presents information on the percentage of households or persons in households who are victimized as measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey. Findings are presented by region; urban, suburban or rural location; and by household size. This annual report also includes overall trends since 1994 and includes vandalism and intimate partner violence." Findings suggest that about 1 in 250 households included a member victimized by a intimate partner, such as a spouse, ex-spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend.

This report notes that family violence rates have dropped by more than one half from 1993-2002. Published by the U.S.

This report presents information about criminal victimizations and incidents of persons age 65 and older from nationally representative household service.

Analyses provide household prevalence estimates for violent and property crimes and information on those households experiencing vandalism and intimate partner violence. Findings are presented by race and Hispanic origin, by region, by urban, suburban or rural location and by household size. Overall trends since 1994 are included. Comparisons with 2002 are made." Highlights:

Summarizes findings on public attitudes toward the availability and use of individuals' criminal history records outside of the criminal justice system.

Presents 110 tables with detailed data on major variables measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).