Nature and distribution of known offenses
Data on the extent and characteristics of criminal activity in the United States are in this section. Three different measures of the level of crime are used: victimization surveys from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, officially recorded data on offenses known from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies, and self-reports of criminal involvement from a variety of nationwide surveys.
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- Alcohol and drugs as family problems
- Alcohol use and frequency of use
- Drinking and driving
- Drug-related emergency department episodes
- Fatalities in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes
- Use among college students
- Use among high school and other students
- Use among military personnel
- Use among the U.S. population
- Use among young adults
- Aggravated assault
- Arson
- Average dollar loss for selected offenses
- Bank fraud investigations
- Bias-motivated (hate) crime
- Bombing incidents
- Burglary
- By State
- Domestic violence
- Firearm-related homicide
- In Federal parks
- Known to police
- Larceny-theft
- Motor vehicle theft
- Murder
- Murder and other violence by intimate partners
- Murder victims and offenders
- Rape, forcible
- Related to air transportation
- Robbery
- Sniper attacks
- Terrorism
- Violations of Federal bank robbery statutes
- Violent and property crime in U.S. cities
- Workplace violence
- Accidentally killed
- Assaulted
- Feloniously killed
- Killed in Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
- Persons identified in killing of law enforcement officers
- Binge drinking, violence, and harassment
- Self-reported drug and alcohol use
- Delinquency and victimization at school
- Self-reported delinquency
- Self-reported drug and alcohol use
- Traffic accidents
- Traffic accidents while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Traffic violations
- Traffic violations while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Victimization experiences
- Victimization at school
- Reporting problem behaviors and delinquency
- Self-reported drug and alcohol use
- Suicide
- At school
- Domestic violence
- Households experiencing crime
- Identity theft
- Intimate partners
- Lone-offender victimizations
- Multiple-offender victimizations
- Personal and property victimization
- Place of occurrence
- Property victimizations
- Reporting and not reporting victimization to police
- Self-protective measures employed by victims
- Victim-offender relationship in violent victimization
- Violent and personal victimization
- Weapon use in personal victimization