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----------- - -- -----~--------------------.~---_____;1__-' _'J~,Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Table ~24 Estimated number of personal victimizations, by type of victimization and perceived ages of multiple offenders, United States1981 •N)TE: See I\(lTE, Table 3.1. It must be stressed that this table reflects the victim's perception ofthe offenders; the accuracy of these perceptions has not been extensively studied In the NCSdevelopmental work. For survey methodology and definitions of terms, see Appendix II.~[ceived ages of multi!;!le offenders ~in tears)Mixed b Don't know MTotal All under 12 All 12 to 20 All 21 and older not ascertainedT~pe of victimization Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Numoer Percent Number Percent Noo1ber PercentPersonal victimizations:Rape and attempted rape 33,100 100 B B B B B B B B B BRobbery 737,717 100X 303,342 41 226,0!l3 31 157,567 21 50,725 7Robbery and attempted°robbery with injury 239,137 100 0 X 88,086 37 65,428 27 51,954 22 33,668 14Serious assault 123,664 100X 32,922 27 41,619 34 30,274 24 18,849 15Minor assault 115,473 100X 55,164 48 23,809 21 21,681 19 14,819 13Robbery without injury 329,885 100X 128,672 39 118,381 36 70,492 21 12,339 4Attempted robbery withoutinjury 166,696 1U0X 86,584 51 42,274 25 35,120 21 4,717 ~Assault 1,227,358 100 6,227 I 530,167 43 372,546 30 258,068 21 60,351 5Aggravated assault 516,205 100X 202,243 39 167,178 32 121,381 24 25,404 5With injury 189,002 100X 68,706 36 64,064 34 47,118 25 9,115 5Attempted assault withweapon 327,203 100X 133,537 41 103,114 32 74,263 23 16,289 5Simple assault 711,153 100 6,227 ° I 327,924 46 205,368 29 136,686 19 34,947 5With injury 180,067 100 1,431 I 70,462 39 52,697 29 45,618 25 9,859 5Attempted assault withoutweapon 531,086 100 4,796 I 257,462 48 152,671 29 91,069 17 25,088 5Personal larceny with contact 113,190 100 3,293 3 47,146 42 34,591 31 20,044 18 8,115 7Purse snatching 43,858 100 B B B B B B B B B BAttempted purse snatching 17,985 100 B B B B B B B B B BPocket picking 51,347 100 B B B B B B B B B BbSubcategories may not sum to total because of rounding."Mixed" cases are those in which the victim reported that therewere offenders from more than one age group. "Don't know/notSource:ascertained" includes cases in which the victim did not know any of theages, or in which the victim did not know whether mare than one agegroup was involved.Table constructed by 50lRCEBOO< staff from data provided by the U.S. Deportment of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.Table 3.25 Estimated number of personal victimizations, by type of victimization and Dt!rceived race of loneoffender, United States, 1981 a -N)TE: See N)TE, Table 3.1. It must be stressed that this table reflects the victim's perception .:.Tthe offender; the accuracy of these perceptions has not been extensively studied in the NCSdevelopmental work. For survey methodology and definitions of terms, see Appendix II.Perceived race of lone offenderBlock and Don't know orTotal White other races not ascertainedType of victimization Number Percent Number Perc~\nt Number Percent Number PercentPersonal victimizations:Rape and attempted rope 144,441 100 78,533 511 54,201 38 11,707 8Robbery 623,958 100 246,685 40 321,448 52 55,825 9Robbery and aaempted robberywith injury 188,935 100 90,861 48 81,635 43 16,439 9Serious assault 83,836 100 45,861 55 36,545 44 1,430 2Minor assault 105,100 100 45,000 43 45,091 43 15,009 14Robbery without injury 258,026 100 83,474 32 148,990 58 25,561 10Attempted robbery without injury 176,997 100 72,349 41 90,823 51 13,825 8Assault 3,688,657 100 2,691,353 73 804,956 22 192,348 5Aggravated assault 1,219,932 100 819,836 67 320,840 26 79,256 6With injury 392,380 100 253,013 64 121,487 31 17,880 5Attempted assault with weapon 827,552 100 566,822 68 199,354 24 61,375 7Simple assault 2,468,726 100 1,871,517 76 484,116 20 113,093 5With injury 656,910 100 505,030 77 113,693 17 38,187 6Attempted assault without weapon 1,811,816 100 1,366,487 75 370,423 20 74,906 4Personal larceny with contact 244,325 100 80,017 33 134,081 55 30,227 12Purse snatching 85,818 100 15,636 18 53,820 63 16,362 19Attempted purse snatching 30,990 100 B B B B B BPocket picking_ 127,517 100 49,216 39 64,437 51 13,865 IIaSubcolegories may not sum to total because of rounding.Source: Table constructed by SCu\CEBOO< staff from data provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau ofJustice Statistics.344'.)1IiIiI:I'I:Iini;11IivI I!!\1,IJiIII'IIII IIN:Jture and Distribution of Known OffensesTable 3.26 EstHm'ted number of personal victimizations, by type of victimization and perceived races of multiple offenders, UnitedStates, 1981N)TE: See N)TE, Table 3.1. It must be stressed that this table reflects the victim's perception dthe offender; the accuracy of these perceptions has not been extensively studied in the N( 5developmental work. For survey methodology and definitions of terms, see Appendix II.Perceived races of multi[!le offendersBlack andDon't know orTotal All white other races Mixed b not ascertained bT~E!!! of victimization Number Percent N.lmber Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number PercentPersonal vldtimlzations:RaP'" and attempted rape/Vi;;"''l!ry33,100737,717100100B201,408B27B464,409B63B49,720B7B22,181B3Robbery and attempted robberywith injury 239,137 100 74,410 31 137,602 58 17,067 7 10,057 4Serious assault 123,664 100 31,854 26 67,570 55 15,669 13 8,571 7Minor assault 115,473 100 42,556 37 70,032 61 1,398 I 1,486 IRobbery without Injury 329,885 100 72,735 22 223,412 68 21,614 7 12,123 4Attempted robbery without Injury 168,696 100 54,263 32 103,395 61 11,038 7XAssault 1,2D,35!l 100 768,764 63 342,953 28 79,359 6 36,2!l2 ° 3Aggravated assault 516,205 100 330,742 64 143,447 28 33,606 7 8,411 2With injury 189,002 100 131,956 70 47,025 25 8,650 5 1,371 IAttempted a~5ault with weapon 327,203 100 198,786 61 96,422 29 24,956 8 7,040 2Simple assault 711,153 100 438,022 62 199,507 28 45,753 6 27,871 4With injury !8(),067 100 129,164 72 38,513 21 7,881 4 4,508 3Attempted assault without weapon 531,086 100 308,858 58 160,993 30 37,872 7 23,363 4Personal larceny with contact 113,190 100 18,S84 17 86,556 76 4,543 4 3,207 3Purse snatching 43,85!l 100 B B B B B B B BAttempted purse snatching 17,985 100 B B B B B B B BPocket eicking 51,347 100 B B B B B B B BbSubcategories may not sum to total because of rounding."Mixed" cases are those in which the victim reported that therewere offenders from more than one race group. "Don't know/notascertained" includes cases in which the victim did not know any of theraces, or in which the victim did not know whether mare than one racegroup was involved.Source: Table constructed by SOlRCEBOO< staff from data provided by the U.S. Deportment of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.Table 3.27 Estimated number of personal victimizations and perce:n! involving victim'S useof self-protective J"easures, by type of victimization and use of weapon by offenderUnited States, 1981'N.)TE: See N.)TE, Table 3.1. Self-protective measures include using or showing a weapon using ortrying physical force, trying to attract attention, threatening, and using evasive actIon. Forsurvey methodology and definitions of terms, see Appendix II.'ype of victimizationRope and attempted ropeRobbery totalRobbery with injuryRobbery without injuryAttempted robbery withoutinjuryAggravated assaul tCompleted aggravated assaultAttempted aggravated assaultTotalPercentof victimsusing selfprotectiVeNumber measure177,541 901,380,962 63440,075 78595,194 41345,6931,795,7028278590,542 761,205,160 79aSubcategories muy not sum to total because of rounding.Offenderwith weaponPercentof victimsusing selfprotectiveNumber measure44,435688,433B52180,661 79344,557 26163,2151,692,2517678487,0911,205,1607779Offenderwithout wea[!onPercentof Victimsusing selfprotectivei'AAnber measure133,106692,5299174259,414250,6377761182,477 87103,451 73103,451 73XSource I Table constructed by SOURCEBOOK stoff from data provided by the U.S.Deportment of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.345°