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Crimes Against Persons Age 65 or Older, 1993-2002

NCJ Number
206154
Author(s)
Patsy Klaus
Date Published
January 2005
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This report presents data comparing crimes against persons age 65 and older with those in younger age groups.
Abstract

Presents data from the National Crime Victimization Survey and the Uniform Crime Reports comparing crimes against persons age 65 or older with those in younger age groups. Crime rates are presented for murder, rape/sexual assault, robbery, aggravated and simple assault, purse snatching/pocket picking, household burglary, motor vehicle theft and property theft. The report describes trends in violent and property crime between 1993 and 2002. It discusses characteristics of the crimes, including injury to victims, self protective measures used, whether weapons were present, time and place of occurrence and victim-offender relationships. Crimes include both those reported to the police and those that were not reported. This report updates a previous report for the period 1992-1997.