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Summary

Data Released on Crimes Against People with Disabilities

This study from the Bureau of Justice Statistics presents the first findings about nonfatal violent and property crime experienced by persons with disabilities, based on the National Crime Victimization Survey. The report includes data on nonfatal violent victimization (rape/sexual assault, robbery, aggravated and simple assault) and property crime (burglary, motor vehicle theft, theft) against persons with disabilities in 2007. It compares the victimization experience of persons with and without disabilities, using population estimates based on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Highlights include the following:
  • Persons with disabilities were victims of about 47,000 rapes, 79,000 robberies, 114,000 aggravated assaults, and 476,000 simple assaults.

  • Age-adjusted rate of nonfatal violent crime against persons with disabilities was 1.5 times higher than the rate for persons without disabilities.

  • Females with a disability had a higher victimization rate than males with a disability; males had a higher rate than females among those without a disability.

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