NCJ Number
183493
Date Published
July 1997
Length
64 pages
Annotation
This report discusses the patterns and distribution of violent juvenile victimizations in the District of Columbia.
Abstract
The report seeks to describe the aggregate characteristics of violent juvenile victimizations in the hope of detecting patterns and trends that will aid law enforcement, city planners and neighborhood organizers in resource allocation. For this report, violent crimes include homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Data were collected from the Metropolitan Police Department, Office of Planning and Development database on victims of violent crimes and from the Homicide Division. The report is organized in four chapters: (1) the overall incidence of non-fatal violence committed against juveniles and patterns at the Census tract level; (2) the incidence of juvenile homicides; (3) an in-depth look at victimizations committed during the times youth are commuting to and from school and the time they are in school; and (4) summary and exploratory analysis of block physical disorder indicators and victimizations at the block face level for three high-crime areas (Census tracts). Tables, notes, figures, references, appendix