Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

-~-~ -----------------Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Table 3.16 Estimated number of personal incidents, by type of victimization and type of weapon used, United States, 1981 0NJTE: See NJTE, Table 3.1. Becouse a personal incident mey involve more than one victim, thenumber of victimizations can be expected to exceed the number of incidents. Becouse more thanone weopon mey have been used in a given incident, the sum of the "type of weapon" entries inany given row mey exceed the number of "incidents with weapon." For survey methodology anddefinitions of terms, see Appendix II.IncidentsI:il:!e of weal:!QnTotal incidents with weapon b Gun b Knife b Other Not cscertalned bType of victimization Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Nurrber Percent b N.mber PercentPersonal incidents:Rape and attempted rape 166,745 100 38,511 23 B B B B B B B BRobbery 1,,201,127 100 555,582 46 216,758 18 246,452 21 112,377 9 24,051 2Robbery and attempted robberywith injury 397,291 100 152,151 38 38,364 10 69,166 17 57,694 15 6,041 2Serious assoult 184,564 IUD 152,151 82 38,364 21 69,166 37 57,694 31 6,041 3Minor assault 212,727 100 X X X X X X X X X XRobbery without injury 506,709 100 271,493 54 144,400 28 108,150 21 20,844 4 12,477 2Attempted robbery withoutinjury 297,126 100 131,938 44 33,993 II 69,136 23 33,839 II 5,532 2Assault 4,255,122 100 1,358,428 32 376,291 9 378,919 9 595,649 14 49,242 IAggravated assault 1,444,984 100 1,358,428 94 376,291 26 378,919 26 595,649 41 49,242 JWith injury 482,947 100 396,392 82 50,580 10 94,931 20 252,074 52 15,922 3Attempted assault withweapon 962,036 100 962,036 100 325,710 34 283,988 30 343,575 36 33,320 3bSubcott.lgories may n'.lt sum to total because of rounding and multiple responses.Percent af total incidents.5curce:Table constructed by SOLRCEBOO< steff from data provided by the U.S. Deportment of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.41..o ,338