Teenage Victims: a National Crime Survey Report
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 295 062 CG 020 802 AUTHOR Whitaker, Catherine J. TITLE 'il,enage Victims: A National Crime Survey Report. INSTITUTION Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Bureau of Justice Statistics. REPORT NO NCJ-103138 PUB DATE Nov 86 NOTE 21p. PUB TYPE Reports - Research/Technical (143) EDRS FRICF MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Adolescents; *Age Differences; *Crime; Criminals; Racial Differences; Sex Differences; Trend Analysis; *Victims of Crime IDENTIFIERS *National Crime Survey ABSTRACT The information in this report on teenage victims of crime is based on data obtained from the National Crime Survey for the years 1982 through 1984. The introduction summarizes crimes against teenagers, highlighting numbers, rates of victimization, and dtifferences in crimes against teenagers and adults. These topics are discussed in detail: (1) victimization rates; (2) trends in types of crimes committed against teenagers; (3) crime characteristics, including the use of weapons in crimes, self-Trotective measures, injuries and medical care, and number of victims and offenders; (4) offender characteristics, including the relationship to victim, sex of offenders, race of offenders, and age of offenders; (5) rates of reporting crimes to the police; and (6) methodology of the National Crime Survey including definitions of terms and reliability of comparisons. Results are discussed which showed that teenagers had higher annual violent and theft crime victimization rates than did adults; older teenagers had higher violent crime victimization rates than did younger teenagers; male teenagers had higher violent and theft crime victimization rates than did female teenagers; and black teenagers had higher violent crime victimization rates than did teenagers of other racial groups. One figure and 18 tables illustrate the document. (ABL) **********************************************************************t * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics ,...m.s.. Teenage Victims A National Crime Survey Report NCJ-103138, November 1986 (NI0 CO0 0CV CD C-.) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement UCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it, O Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions st ated in thisdatv ment do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. 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