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There was one violent crime every 16 seconds in 1993. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1994, "Crime in the United States, 1993," U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.)

There were an estimated 43,547,400 criminal victimizations in the United States in 1993, including 10, 848,090 crimes of violence, and 32,182,320 property crimes. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1995, "Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, page 230, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.)

Slightly over one-third (35.1 percent) of all crimes were reported to police in 1993, with 41.6 percent of crimes of violence reported to police. (Ibid., page 245)

In 1993, a weapon was used in 27.3 percent of crimes of violence in the United States. (Ibid., page 236)

During 1994, law enforcement agencies made an estimated 14.6 million arrests for all criminal infractions other than traffic violations. The arrest rate was 5,715 arrests per 100,000 population in the United States. Of all persons arrested in 1994, 45 percent were under the age of 25; 80 percent were male; and 67 percent were white. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1995, "Crime in the United States, 1994," U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.)

From 1993 to 1994, violent crimes collectively decreased by three percent. The 1994 total was, however, two percent higher than the 1990 figure and 40 percent above the 1985 level. (Ibid.)

From 1973 to 1991, 36.6 million people were injured as a result of violent crime. Annually, about two million people are injured as a result of violent crime. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1993, "Highlights from 20 Years of Surveying Crime Victims," page 15, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.)

Of victims of crime who are injured, 51 percent required some type of medical treatment; 19 percent received treatment at a hospital emergency room or were treated at a hospital and released that day, and four percent required hospitalization for at least one night. (Ibid., page 15)

One-third of violent crimes (32 percent) involve a weapon, including 92 percent of aggravated assaults, 55 percent of robberies, and 20 percent of rapes. (Ibid., page 29)

Victims take some type of measure to protect themselves in nearly 71 percent of all violent victimizations; 82 percent of rapes; 58 percent of robberies; and 73 percent of assaults. (Ibid., page 30)

More than 5.1 million Americans -- or almost 2.7 percent of the adult population -- were under some form of correctional supervision in 1994. Almost three-quarters of these men and women were being supervised in the community on probation or parole. The others were confined in jail or prison. (Gilliard, Darrell and Allen Beck, 1995, "The Nation's Correctional Population Tops Five Million," Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.)

At the end of June 1995, there were 1,104,074 men and women incarcerated in the nation's prisons. (Gilliard, Darrell and Allen Beck, 1995, "Prisoners at Midyear, 1995," Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.)

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