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Bureau of Justice Statistics
Press Releases from 1994 to 1996
This is a list of BJS press releases from 1994 to 1996 in chronological order, beginning
with the latest released during the period.
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- Female Victims
of Violent Crime, 12/18/96: "Women are violent crime victims
at a lower rate than men, but the difference is narrowing -- Women are
more likely to be attacked by intimates"
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- Campus Law
Enforcement Agencies, 1995, 12/11/96: " College campuses
guarded by nearly 11,000 police officers -- most are armed"
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- Capital
Punishment, 1995, 12/4/96: "Sixteen States executed 56 offenders
last year"
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- Sourcebook
of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1995, 11/20/96: "A recognized
national criminal justice statistics reference book is available on the
World Wide Web"
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- National
Crime Victimization Survey, 1995: Preliminary Findings, 9/17/96:
"Victims report 9% fewer violent crimes last year"
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- Prison and
Jail Inmates, 1995, 8/18/96: "Almost 1.6 million men and
women in the Nation's Prisons and Jails"
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- Noncitizens
in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 1984-94, 8/4/96: "More
prosecutions and tougher sentencing guidelines prompt increased incarcerations
of noncitizens"
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- Probation and
Parole Populations, 1995, 6/30/96: "Probation and parole population
reaches almost 3.8 million"
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- National Criminal
History Improvement Program Advanced State Award Program grants, 5/22/96:
"18 States will share over $3.7 million in Justice Department grants
to develop advanced background check systems."
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- Criminal Victimization
1994, 4/11/96: "Crime victimization drops three percent from
1993 to 1994."
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- Firearm Injury
from Crime: Firearms, Crime, and Criminal Justice, 4/11/96: "One-quarter
of the crime victims who are shot are young black males."
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- Local Police
Departments, 1993, 4/7/96: "Increase seen in number of blacks,
Hispanics and women in nation's law enforcement agencies."
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- Child Victimizers:
Violent Offenders and Their Victims, 3/3/96: "Two-thirds of sex
offenders in state prisons had victimized a child. Family members or acquaintances
commit most child murders."
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- BJS home page,
2/16/96: "Bureau of Justice Statistics criminal justice data just
a mouse click away."
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- Prisoners at
midyear 1995, 12/3/95: "State and Federal prisons report record
growth during last 12 months."
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- Weapons offenses
and offenders: Firearms, crime, and criminal justice, 11/12/95: "23
percent of those arrested for weapons offenses are younger than 18 years
old."
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- National Criminal
History Improvement Program, 9/11/95: "Justice Department announces
18 more grants for improvement of criminal history records."
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- Probation and
parole populations in the U.S., 1994, 8/27/95: "The nation's
correctional population tops 5 million."
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- Violence against
women: Estimates from the redesigned National Crime Victimization Survey,
8/16/95: "Women usually victimized by offenders they know."
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- Prisoners in
1994, 8/9/95: "The nation's prison population grew almost 9%
last year."
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- Civil jury cases
and verdicts in large counties: Civil justice survey of State courts,
1992, 7/16/95: "Civil juries award punitive damages in 6% of
successful suits."
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- National Criminal
History Improvement Program, 7/12/95: "Justice Department makes
first awards under $88 million to improve state criminal history record
systems"
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- Guns used in
crime, 7/9/95: "Handguns used in more than one million violent
crimes -- the use of semiautomatic guns in murders is increasing."
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- Criminal victimization
1993, 5/31/95: "Teens at greatest crime risk."
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- Jails and jail
inmates, 1993-94: Census of jails and survey of jails, 4/30/95: "The
nation's jails hold record 490,442 inmates."
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- Tort cases in
large counties: Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, 1992, 4/13/95:
"Three out of four tort cases settled out of court."
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- Felony sentences
in State courts, 1992, 1/24/95: "State courts convicted almost
900,000 felons during 1992."
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- Survey of Criminal History Information Systems, 1993, 1/11/95: "Five States selected for supplemental funding
to improve criminal history recordkeeping"
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- National Crime
Victimization Survey (NCVS) redesign, 10/30/94: "Crime rate essentially
unchanged last year."
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- Prisoners at
midyear 1994, 10/27/94: "State and federal prison population
tops one million."
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- Comparing Federal
and State prison inmates, 1991, 10/2/94: "Most federal prisoners
are drug offenders, but almost half of state prisoners are serving time
for violent crimes."
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- Probation and Parole 1993 , 9/11/94: "Probation and Parole Populations reach new
highs"
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- Violence and Theft in the Workplace, 7/24/94: "Work Place Violence"
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- Murder in Families, 7/10/94: "Wives are the most frequent victims in family
murders"
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- Child Rape Victims, 6/22/94: "Half of women raped during 1992 were younger than 18 years old"
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- Crime and Neighborhoods, 6/19/94: "Concern about neighborhood crime doubles among black households"
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- Prisoners in 1993, 6/1/94: "Record Number of Prisoners Reached Again Last Year"
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- Guns and Crime: Handgun Victimization, Firearm Self-Defense, 5/15/94: "Record number of handgun crimes--nears one million a year"
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- Firearms an Crimes of Violence, 02/1/94: "Violent offenders increasingly likely to be armed"
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- Prosecutors in State Courts, 1992, 12/23/94: "Typical State prosecutor's office is small with large caseload"
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- Highlights from 20 Years of Surveying Crime Victims: NCVS 73-92, 11/21/93: "20 Years of measuring crime shows fewer offenses overall but increased violence against minorities and the young"
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- Crime and Nations Households, 1992, 9/01/93: "Cries affecting U.S. households reach new low"
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- Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 7/2/93: "Census: State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies"
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- Survey of State Prison Inmates, 1991, 5/19/93: "Survey of Inmate Characteristics"
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- Murder in Large Urban Counties, 1988, 5/12/93: "Murder in Large Urban Counties, 1988"
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