Victims.The Bureau of Justice Statistics Noun 1. Bureau of Justice Statistics - the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers BJS (BJS Noun 1. BJS - the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers Bureau of Justice Statistics ) offers Violent Victimization victimization Social medicine The abuse of the disenfranchised–eg, those underage, elderly, ♀, mentally retarded, illegal aliens, or other, by coercing them into illegal activities–eg, drug trade, pornography, prostitution. of College Students, 1995-2002, which examines the subject and compares the findings with persons of similar ages in the general population. In addition, the report describes the extent to which student victimization occurs at on- and off-campus locations and settings and analyzes the involvement of alcohol and other drugs. The report highlights the following statistics concerning persons 18 to 24 years of age between 1995 and 2002: male students were twice as likely to be victims of overall violence than females in college (80 versus 43 per 1,000); among races, Caucasian Caucasian or Caucasoid: see race. students had the highest rates of violent victimization; and, for females, those not in college were over 1.5 times more likely than students to be victims of violent crime (71 versus 43 per 1,000). This report is available online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/vvcs02.htm or by contacting the National Criminal Justice Reference Service The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a program that disseminates publications from the United States Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) agencies, as well as the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Office on Violence Against at 800-851-3420. |
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