Frequently Asked Questions

Information and data showing the prevalence of youth gangs are available in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) fact sheet In Focus: Youth Gangs, the report Highlights of the 2012 National Youth Gang Survey and the OJJDP-sponsored Guide to Assessing Your Community's Youth Gang Problem. The National Gang Center website also contains information and resources on the topic. For additional information, see our Gangs Special Feature.

Data on hate crimes can be found in the Federal Bureau of Investigation annual report, Hate Crime Statistics, and in the Hate Crime series of reports from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. See the Department of Justice Community Relations Service website for additional information and resources.

College-specific crime statistics are available on the Campus Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool website from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE).

Additional data and information can be found on the U.S. Department of Education's Campus Security page. Also, Crime in the United States, an annual report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, provides university/college campus crime data that are reported by law enforcement agencies.

For additional information about campus crime and safety, visit the following sites:

• Special Feature: Campus Safety, OJP
• Crime Victimization: Campus Crime, Office for Victims of Crime

The number of children abducted by individuals who are outside of their family is available in Nonfamily Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). For additional information, visit the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children website. Also see Child Victims of Stereotypical Kidnappings Known to Law Enforcement in 2011, an OJJDP bulletin.

Statistics on burglary offenses (as well as other types of crime) are found in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) annual report, Crime in the United States. Also visit the FBI's Crime Data Explorer, an interactive tool that presents charts and graphs that break down data in a variety of ways.

• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education
• The Use and Impact of Correctional Programming for Inmates on Pre- and Post-Release Outcomes
• How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go From Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation
• The Effects of Postsecondary Correctional Education

The average cost of arson damage can be found in Crime in the United States, an annual report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). See the "Offenses Known to Law Enforcement: Arson" section of the report to see the average amount of damage (in dollar amounts).

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration operates a telephone hotline and website to help you locate drug treatment programs throughout the United States. The hotline number is 800-662-HELP (4357). To access information via the Internet, visit FindTreatment.gov.

The Data & Statistics section of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' U.S. Bomb Data Center website provides access to annual reports capturing arson and explosives related incidents throughout the U.S.