[lbo-talk] violent crime

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Wed May 3 16:52:23 PDT 2006


As Jordan and Doug pointed out, half are in prison for violent crimes. This is not intended to downplay that fact, just to clarify what 'violent crime' means in the stats. This is from the BJS National Crime Victimization Survey.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ivc98.pdf

Types of injuries and crime

Between 1992 and 1998, 3 out of 4 violent crime victims reported that they were not injured during the crime. During this 7- year period about 1 in 4 victims of violence reported sustaining some type of injury, mostly minor. While the proportion varied by type of crime, approximately 3% of all violent crime victims suffered a severe injury, and an additional 1% were victims of rape or sexual assault with unspecified type of injuries.

Of those injured, 82% reported such injuries as bruises, black eyes, cuts, scratches, swelling, chipped teeth, or other injuries requiring less than 2 days hospitalization denoted in this report as minor injuries.

Approximately 13% of injured crime victims described severe injuries. These injuries included gunshot wounds, knife wounds, broken bones, loss of teeth, internal injuries, loss of consciousness, or other injuries requiring 2 or more days of hospitalization. Another 4% experienced rape/sexual assault with unspecified types of injuries.



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