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Good news on crime victimization rates in 2008

By Douglas A. Berman

Various folks expressed concern that the down-turn in the economy in 2008 could and likely would lead to an increase in crimes.  But, as this DOJ press release details, the latest, greatest statistics suggest that crime victimization decreased from 2007 to 2008.  Here is the encouraging news from the start of the press release: The violent crime rate in 2008 ? 19.3 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older ? was unchanged from the previous year, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, announced today.  The property crime rate declined during 2008 from 147 to 135 crimes per 1,000 households, primarily as a result of decreases in theft and motor vehicle theft. In 2008, an estimated 4...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 02, 2009 (boomark / email).