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

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Naf'ure and Distribution of Known OffensesTable 3.19 Estimated number of personal incidents and sercent with weapon, by type of victimization andperceived race of lone offender, United States, 1981NJTE: See I'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. It must be stressedthat this table reflects the victim's perception of the offender; the accuracy of these perceptiorc5has not been extensively studied in the NCS developmental work. For survey methodology anddefinitions of terms, see Appendix II.Perceived race of lone offen