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	NCJ Number:		NCJ 250632
	Title:		Crime Against Persons With Disabilities, 2009-2015 - Statistical Tables
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			Agency Summary
	Author(s):		Erika Harrell
	Date Published:		07/2017
	Page Count:		17
	Annotation:		This is the summary of a report on data from the U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS‘) National Crime Victimization Survey regarding violent victimizations of persons with disabilities for the period 2009-2015.
	Abstract:		The Victimization Survey defines a “disability” as “the product of interactions among an individual’s body - including their physical, emotional, and mental health - and the physical and social environment in which they live, work, or play. A disability exists when this interaction results in limitation of activities and with restrictions to full participation at school, work, home, or in the community.” Disabilities are classified in the following categories: hearing, vision, cognitive, ambulatory, self-care, and independent living. During the period examined, the rate of serious violent crime (rape or sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) for persons with disabilities (12.7 per 1,000) was just over three times the rate for persons without disabilities (4.0 per 1,000). Overall, a higher percentage of violence against disabled persons (40 percent) was committed by persons the victims knew well or who were casual acquaintances than was the case with the perpetrators against persons without disabilities (32 percent). The rate of serious violent crime against persons with a single type of disability (11.4 per 1,000) was less than the rate for persons with multiple disability types (14.1 per 1,000).
	Main Term(s):		Victimization surveys
	Index Term(s):		Violent crimes ; Crime Statistics ; BJS Resources ; victims with disabilities
	Sponsoring Agency:		Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) US Dept of Justice Office of Justice Programs United States of America
	Sale Source:		Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) US Dept of Justice 810 Seventh Street NW Office of Justice Programs Washington, DC 20531 United States of America
	Type:		Survey ; Statistics ; Report (Annual/Periodic)
	Country:		United States of America
	Language:		English
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