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crime rates declined for both males and females since 1994. Rates for males and females have been getting closer in recent years.
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- Note: Violent crimes
included are homicide, rape, robbery, and both simple
- and aggravated assault.
The
National Crime Victimization Survey redesign was implemented in 1993;
the area with the lighter shading is before the redesign and the darker
area after the redesign. The
data before 1993 are adjusted to make them comparable with data collected
since the redesign. The
adjustment methods are described in Criminal
Victimization 1973-95. Estimates for 1993 and beyond
are based on collection year while earlier estimates are based on data
year. For additional information about the methods used, see Criminal Victimization 2002. Additional information on this
topic can be found in Sex
Differences in Violent Victimization.
- Sources: Rape and sexual assault, robbery,
and assault data are from the
National Crime Victimization
Survey (NCVS). Ongoing since 1972, this survey of households
interviews about 80,000 persons age 12 and older in 43,000 households
twice each year about their victimizations from crime. The homicide
data are collected by the FBI's
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) from reports from law enforcement
agencies.
For related data about homicide
trends by gender, see Homicide
Trends in the U.S.
More information about the data.
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