Household Poverty And Nonfatal Violent Victimization, 2008–2012

Date

2014

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Journal ISSN

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Publisher

Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Abstract

Presents findings from 2008 to 2012 on the relationship between households that were above or below the federal poverty level and nonfatal violent victimization, including rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. This report examines the violent victimization experiences of persons living in households at various levels of poverty, focusing on type of violence, victim's race or Hispanic origin, and location of residence. It also examines the percentage of violent victimizations reported to the police by poverty level. Data are from the National Crime Victimization Survey, which collects information on nonfatal crimes, reported and not reported to the police, against persons age 12 or older from a nationally representative sample of U.S. households. During 2012, about 92,390 households and 162,940 persons were interviewed for the NCVS.

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Keywords

socioeconomic status, poverty, nonfatal violent victimization, statistics, United States

Citation

Berzofsky, M., Couzens, L., Harrell, E., Langton, L., & Ph.D., Smiley-McDonald, H. (2014). Household Poverty And Nonfatal Violent Victimization, 2008–2012. Washington, DC: Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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