Crime Victim Numbers Drop.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Security Distributing & Marketing, August, 2001

 
Crime Victim Numbers Drop 
 
Victims of crime in the U.S., age 12 and older, per 1,000 people: 
 
          1990  2000 
 
Male       37    33 
Female     29    23 
White      32    27 
Black      42    35 
Hispanic   34    28 
Other      25    21 
 
Source: Analysis by SDM Magazine, Business News Publishing, and based on 
the National Crime Victimization Survey. 
 
While the FBI Uniform Crime Report earlier this year pointed to a 
"plateauing" of crime reductions in the U.S., the National Crime 
Victimization Survey showed that Americans, age 12 and older, 
experienced about one million fewer violent crimes. That's a 15 percent 
one-year reduction and the largest since the victimization survey 
started in the early 1970s. The FBI incidents reported to police, 
including...

            
        
    
    	    
                
                
	

		

					 
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