The Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2024 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) defines violent victimization as including rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault.
January 01, 2024
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Definition of categories used in the NCVS violent victimization measures.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Death Penalty Information Center have tracked a dramatic decrease in new death sentences imposed by American juries since an annual peak of 316 death sentences in 1996.
January 01, 1996
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temporal
Long-term trend in death sentences imposed by juries in the United States.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics includes 'simple assault'—attacks where no weapon was used and that did not result in serious injury—in its violent crime measures and also incorporates crimes not reported to police using annual victimization surveys.
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Scope and sources used by the Bureau of Justice Statistics when estimating violent crime.