Images (65)
Showing first 60 of 65 pages.
Document
| id |
id
350437714
|
|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
document
|
| source |
source
import
|
Source image fields (6)
Extracted text
OCR Page 1 of 6500210099917V20:27:19 FAX 3059233D0J/OJP
ISD 202 456 5557 RightFAX
Page 0021 001
STATE
Department of Justice
BJS
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST
202/307-0784
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1999
AMERICAN INDIANS ARE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME
AT DOUBLE THE RATE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. - American Indians are the victims of violent crimes at more than
twice the rate of all U.S. residents, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
announced today.
In the Department's first comprehensive analysis of Indians and crime, BJS reported that for
1992 through 1996 the average annual rate of violent victimizations among Indians (including Alaska
Natives and Aleuts) was 124 per 1,000 residents 12 years old and older, compared to 61 violent
victimizations per 1,000 blacks, 49 per 1,000 whites and 29 per 1,000 Asians.
There are about 2.3 million American Indian residents of the United States, representing just
under 1 percent of the total population.
BJS Director Jan Chaiken said: "The findings reveal a disturbing picture of American Indian
involvement in crimes as victims and offenders. Both male and female American Indians experience
violent crime at higher rates than people of other races and are more likely to experience interracial
violence."
For all four types of non-fatal violent victimizations, American Indians experienced higher
than average annual rates of victimization per 1,000 U.S. inhabitants 12 years old and older during
the period from 1992 through 1996:
American Indians
Whites
Blacks
Asians
Rape/sexual assaults
7
2
3
1
12
5
13
7
Robberies
35
10
16
6
Aggravated assaults
Simple assaults
70
32
30
15
About 7 in 10 violent victimizations of American Indians involved an offender who was
described by the victim as someone of a different race--a substantially higher rate of interracial
violence than experienced by white or black victims. Approximately half the violent victimizations
(MORE)