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1994 Craig Perkins & Patsy Klaus, Criminal Victimization 1994 1 (1994)

handle is hein.death/cmvi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs (a Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin National Crime Victimization Swvey April 1996, NCJ-158022 Cr cmz 0 019 Crmimal Viclinization 1994 By Craig Perkins Patsy Klaus BJS Statisticians In 1994 U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced approximately 42.4 million crimes. Thirty-one million (73%) were property crimes, 10.9 million (26%) were crimes of violence, and approxi- mately a half million (1%) were per- sonal thefts. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) indicates there were 51 violent victimizations per 1,000 per- sons age 12 or older and 308 property crimes per 1,000 households. The National Crime Victimization Survey measures personal and house- hold offenses, including crimes not reported to police, by interviewing all occupants age 12 or older in a nation- ally representative sample of U.S. households. Violent crimes include rape/sexual assault, robbery, and both aggravated and simple assault, as measured by the NCVS, and murders from FBI data on homicides reported to the police (see box on page 3). Pocket picking, purse snatching, and attempted purse snatching comprise personal theft. Property crimes consist of household burglary, motor vehicle theft, and thefts of other property. Highlights Criminal victimization experienced In the U.S. in 1994 Percent of Percent of this Number measured crime reported in millions Rate per 1,000a crime to police All crimes 42.4 - 100% 36% Violent crime 10.9 51 26% 42% Simple assault 6.6 31 16 36 Aggravated assault 2.5 12 6 52 Robbery 1.3 6 3 55 Rape/Sexual assault .4 2 32 Personal thete .5 2 1% 33% Property crime 31.0 308 73% 34% Property thefts 23.8 236 56 27 Household burglary 5.5 54 13 50 Motor vehicle theft 1.8 18 4 78 -Not applicable. 'Per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, or per 1,000 households *Less than .1%. bIncludes pocket picking and purse snatching. e In 1994 for every 1,000 persons = Compared to those households age 12 or older, there occurred: with annual incomes of $15,000 or - 2 rapes or attempted rapes more, persons in households with -3 assaults with serious injury incomes of less than $15,000 were: -4 robberies with property taken. - 3 times more likely to be raped e The violent crime rate has been or sexually assaulted essentially unchanged since 1992, - 2 times more likely to be robbed following a slight increase between - 11/2 times more likely to be 1985 and 1991. Property crime con- a victim of an aggravated tinued a 15-year decline. e Almost two-thirds of victims of * The young, blacks, and males were completed rapes did not report the most vulnerable to violent crime: crmet the i. -1 in 9 persons age 12 to 15, compared to 1 in 196 age 65 * Two-thirds of victims of rape or or more sexual assault knew their assailants. - 1 in 16 blacks, compared to * A third of robbery victims were 1 in 20 whites injured as a result of the incident. - 1 in 17 males, compared to 1 in 24 females

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