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Bureau of Justice Statistics
Press Releases from 1999 to 2001
This is a list of BJS press releases from 1999 to 2001 in chronological order, beginning
with the latest released during the period.
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- Violence in
the Workplace, 1993-99, 12/20/01: "Law enforcement officers
most at risk for workplace violence -- College and University faculty
members have the lowest rates"
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- Capital Punishment
2000, 12/11/01: "Eighty-five offenders executed during 2000,
13 percent drop from the previous year. Thirty-seven States and Federal
government held almost 3,600 inmates on death row"
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release | More information about this
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- Firearm Use
by Offenders, 11/4/01: "Eighteen percent of State prisoners
committed their crimes while armed -- Nine percent of State prisoners
fired their weapons during the offense"
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release | More information about this
release
- Indicators
of School Crime and Safety, 2001, 10/31/01: "Nation's schools
experience a drop in crime and victimization, according to the Departments
of Justice & Education"
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release | More information about this
release
- Intimate Partner
Violence and Age of Victim, 1993-99, 10/28/01: "Violence rates
among intimate partners differ greatly according to age"
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release | More information about this
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- Trends in State
Parole, 1990-2000, 10/3/01: "Forty-two percent of State parole
discharges were successful"
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release | More information about this
release
- National Criminal
History Improvement Program (NCHIP), 10/01/01: "Department
of Justice announces $40 million to enhance States' criminal justice
records"
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release
- Hate Crimes
Reported in NIBRS, 1997-99, 9/30/01: "Justice Department releases
1997 to 1999 Hate Crime Statistics"
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release | More information about this
release
- Probation and
Parole in the United States, 2000, 8/26/01: "National correctional
population reaches new high -- Grows by 117,400 during 2000 to total
6.5 million adults"
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release | More information about this
release
- Federal Drug
Offenders, 1999 with Trends 1984-99, 8/19/01: "Federal drug
law changes led to longer prison sentences"
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release | More information about this
release
- Prisoners in
2000, 8/12/01: "Nation's State prison population falls in second
half of 2000 -- First such decline since 1972"
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release | More information about this
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- Mental Health
Treatment in State Prisons, 2000, 7/15/01: "Eighty-nine percent
of state adult correctional facilities provide mental health services
for prisoners"
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release | More information about this
release
- HIV in Prisons
and Jails, 1999, 7/8/01: "HIV rates in Nation's prisons remain
stable -- AIDS-related deaths among prisoners drop sharply"
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release | More information about this
release
- Background
Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2000, 7/1/01: "Firearms purchase
applications declined during 2000 -- About 2 percent of the requests
were rejected"
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release | More information about this
release
- National Incident-Based
Reporting System (NIBRS) Implementation Program, 6/28/01: "Justice
Department awards $13 million to improve crime reporting nationwide
-- 70 Year-Old crime reporting system being replaced"
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release
- Injuries from
Violent Crime, 1992-98, 6/24/01: "About one in four victims
of violent crime are physically injured during the offense"
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release | More information about this
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- Criminal Victimization
2000: Changes, 1999-2000, with Trends, 1993-2000, 6/13/01: "Nation's
violent crime rate fell almost 15 percent last year -- Property crime
down 10 percent"
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release | More information about this
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- National Criminal
History Improvement Program 2001, 4/20/01: "Justice Department
makes $44 million available for states to improve criminal records systems"
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release | More information about this
release
- Prison and
Jail Inmates at Midyear 2000, 3/25/01: "Nation's State Prison
population growth slows -- Lowest annual rate increase since 1971"
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release | More information about this
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- Violent Victimization
and Race, 1993-98, 3/18/01: "Differences in rates of violent
crime experienced by whites and blacks narrow -- American Indians are
the most victimized by violence"
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- Contacts between
Police and the Public: Findings from the 1999 National Survey, 3/11/01:
"Force or threatened force used in less than 1 percent of all police-public
interactions. Half of all Contacts with Law Enforcement Officers are
in Traffic Stops"
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release | More information about this
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- Community Policing
in Local Police Departments, 1997 and 1999, 2/25/01: "Community
policing impacts 86 percent of U.S. population served by local police
departments "
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release | More information about this
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- Sexual Victimization
of College Women, 1/26/01: "Nearly 3 percent of college women
experienced a completed or attempted rape during the college year, according
to a new Justice Department report"
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- Capital Punishment,
1999 , 12/10/00: "Twenty states executed 98 prisoners in 1999,
most since 1951. Average Death Row Stay Was 11 Years and 11 Months "
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- Indigent Defense
Services in Large Counties, 1999 & Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases,
11/29/00: "Two of three felony defendants represented by publicly-financed
counsel"
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- Indigent
Defense Services in Large Counties, 1999
Defense
Counsel in Criminal Cases
- Indicators
of School Crime and Safety, 2000, 10/26/00: "Crime in the Nation's
schools declined in the 1990's according to Departments of Justice &
Education "
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- Firearm Injury
and Death from Crime, 1993-97, 10/8/00: "Firearms assault injuries
and murders fell between 1993 and 1997"
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- Incarcerated
Parents and Their Children , 8/30/00: "Almost 1.5 million minor
children have a mother or father in prison"
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- Criminal Victimization
1999: Changes 1998-99 with Trends 1993-99 , 8/27/00: "National
violent crime rate falls more than 10 percent -- Violent victimizations
down one-third since 1993"
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- Prisoners in
1999 , 8/9/00: "The Nation's prison population growth rate
slows"
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- Probation and
Parole in 1999--Press release , 7/23/00: "U.S. Correctional
Population reaches 6.3 million men and women -- represents 3.1 percent
of the adult U.S. population"
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- Jails in Indian
Country, 1998 and 1999, 7/9/00: "Jails affiliated with 53 American
Indian Tribes in 18 States held 1,621 inmates on June 30, 1999"
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- Federal Firearm
Offenders, 1992-98: With Preliminary Data for 1999 & Background
Checks for Firearm Transfers, 1999, 6/4/00: "More than 200,000
firearms applications rejected in 1999--Defendants charged with Federal
firearms offenses increased from 1998 to 1999"
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- Federal
Firearm Offenders, 1992-98: With Preliminary Data for 1999
Background
Checks for Firearm Transfers, 1999
- Compendium
of Federal Justice Statistics, 1998, 5/31/00: "Cross-agency
Federal arrest data published for first time -- almost half of arrests
for drug or immigration offenses"
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- Intimate Partner
Violence, 5/17/00: "Intimate partner violence against women
declined from 1993 through 1998 -- One-third of all murdered females
were killed by partner"
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- Drug Use, Testing,
and Treatment in Jails, 5/10/00: "Most Jails that test for
drugs find at least one inmate who tests positive"
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- Prison and
Jail Inmates at Midyear 1999, 4/19/00: "Nation's prison and
jail population reaches 1,860,520 -- could reach two million by late
2001"
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- Contract Trials
and Verdicts in Large Counties, 1996, 4/2/00: "Plaintiffs won
62 percent of the contract trial cases in the Nation's 75 largest counties
during 1996"
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- Federal Law
Enforcement Officers, 1998, 3/12/00: "Number of Federal law
enforcement officers grew 11 percent in two years"
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- Profile of
State Prisoners under Age 18, 1985-97, 2/27/00: "The number
of people under 18 sent to adult State prisons more than doubled between
1985 and 1997"
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- Survey of DNA
Crime Laboratories, 1998, 2/16/00: "Sixty-nine percent of public
forensic laboratories had DNA test backlogs in 1997"
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- Veterans in
Prison and Jail, 1/18/00: "Male military veterans are incarcerated
at less than half the rate of non-veterans"
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- Civil Rights
Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990-98, 1/16/00: "More
than 42,000 civil rights complaints filed in Federal district courts
during 1998"
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- Crimes against
Persons Age 65 or Older, 1992-97, 1/9/00: "People 65 years
old and older less likely to be victims of violent crime than younger
U.S. residents"
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- Capital Punishment
1998, 12/12/99: "Eighteen States executed 68 prisoners during
1998 -- eighty-nine executed so far this year"
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- Women Offenders,
12/5/99: "About 2.1 million violent female offenders annually.
Most commit simple assaults against other females"
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- Federal Enforcement
of Environment Laws, 1997, 11/29/99: "Prosecutors investigated
almost 1,000 individuals and businesses suspected of criminal environmental
law violations"
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- HIV in Prisons
1997, 11/3/99: "Rates of HIV infection and AIDs-related deaths
drop among the Nation's prisoners"
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- Local Police
Departments, 1997: Executive Summary and Sheriffs' Departments,
1997: Executive Summary, 10/29/99: "Personnel increases in
local police and sheriffs' departments"
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Departments, 1997
- Civil Trial
Cases and Verdicts in Large Counties, 1996, 9/1/99: "Plaintiffs
won 52 percent of the civil trial cases in Nation's 75 largest counties
during 1996"
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- Probation
and Parole in the United States, 1998, 8/22/99: "U.S. Correctional
Population reaches 5.9 million offenders"
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- National
Criminal History Improvement Program grants, 8/20/99: "Justice
Department awards over $42 million to improve criminal history records"
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- Prisoners
in 1998, 8/15/99: "The Nation's prison population grew by 60,000
inmates last year, the largest increase since 1995"
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- Criminal Victimization
1998: Changes 1997-98 with Trends 1993-98, 7/18/99: "U.S. violent
crime rate fell another 7 percent last year, 27 percent lower than in
1993"
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- Mental Health
and Treatment of Inmates and Probationers, 7/11/99: "More than
a quarter million prison and jail inmates are identified as mentally
ill"
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- Presale Handgun
Checks, the Brady Interim Period, 1994-98, 6/15/99: "An estimated
312,000 handgun sales blocked during the 1994-1998 Brady interim period"
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- DWI Offenders
under Correctional Supervision, 6/13/99: "More than 500,000
drunk drivers on probation or incarcerated in 1997 "
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- Criminal Victimization
and Perceptions of Community Safety in 12 Cities, 1998, 6/3/99:
"Survey in 12 cities show widespread community support for police:
New process collects data on victimization, citizen perceptions of police
and crime"
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- Crime Victimization
Survey Software, 6/3/99: "New program enables local police
to survey residents on crime: Justice Department software tracks victimization,
citizen perceptions of police and safety"
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- Prior Abuse
Reported by Inmates and Probationers, 4/11/99: "Prison and
jail inmates report higher rates of physical and sexual abuse before
their confinement"
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- Prison and
Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998, 3/14/99: "Incarceration rate
more than doubles in dozen years"
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- Carjackings
in the United States, 1992-96, 3/7/99: "Reports shows almost
49,000 non-fatal carjackings every year"
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- American Indians
and Crime, 2/14/99: "American Indians are victims of violent
crime at double the rate of the general population"
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- Truth in Sentencing
in State Prisons, 1/10/99: "State sentencing law changes linked
to increasing time served in State prisons "
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- Substance Abuse
and Treatment of State and Federal Prisoners, 1997, 1/5/99: "More
than three-quarters of prisoners had abused drugs in the past "
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- Homicide Trends
in the United States, 1/2/99: "Nation's largest cities lead
the way as homicides fall to lowest rate in three decades"
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