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

Nature and Distribution of Known OffensesTable 3.17 Estimated number of personal incidents and percent with weapon, by type of victimization and perceivedage of lone offender, United States, 1981 0!\oTE: See !\oTE, Table 3.1. Because a personal incident may involve more than one victim, thenumber of victimizations can be expected to exceed the number of incidents. I t must be stressedthat this table reflects the victim's perception of the offender; the occuracy of these perceptionshas not been extensively studied in the NCS developmental work. For survey methodology anddefinitions of terms, see Appendix II.t.Perceived age of lone offender (in ~earslDon't know orTotal Under 12 12 to 20 21 or older not a~Ce[tgiDlldPercent rercent Percent Percent Percentwith with with with withTl::ee of victimization Number weal?Qn Number weal?Qn Number weaflQn ~be[ weaflQO ~be[ WlllJl2QDRape and attempted rape 139,511 20 0 X 26,08!! B 110,713 24 2,710 BRobbery total 556,094 44 1,323 B 194,130 36 331,669 47 28,973 BRobbery witn injury 176,290 33 0 X 50,149 B 115,557 40 10,5!!3 BRobbery without injury 220,949 52 0 X 72,021 33 137,695 58 11,233 BAttempted robberywithout injury 158,856 44 1,323 B 71,959 51 78,417 37 7,157 BAggravated assault 1,019,007 93 4,332 B 262,548 89 726,231 94 25,896 BaSubcategories may not sum to total because of rounding.Source: Table constructed by So...RCEBCX)(; s'laff from data provided by the U.S. Department of JustiL-', Bureau ofJustice Statistics.Table 3.18 Estimated number of