Data are from BJS’s Prisoners in 2018.
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This report, the tenth in a series that began in 2011, describes the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ data-collection and developmental activities during 2019 and 2020 to measure the incidence and prevalence of rape and sexual assault in correctional facilities. It discusses the following data collections:
- National Survey of Youth in Custody
- National Inmate Survey
- Survey of Sexual Victimization.
Each of these collections is an independent effort, and they are not directly comparable. This report meets the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79) requirement to report on BJS’s activities for the preceding calendar year by June 30 of each year.
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The following data collection is open for public comments:
These supplemental tables present data on youth reporting sexual victimization, youth-on-youth incidents, and staff sexual misconduct in juvenile facilities with high rates of victimization.
Findings are based on data from BJS’s National Survey of Youth in Custody, 2018.
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These statistical tables, based on data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2019, present information concerning line-of-duty deaths or assaults of law enforcement officers in the United States, including–
- law enforcement officers feloniously killed, by race, ethnicity, and sex of victim officer
- circumstances encountered by victim officer upon arrival at scene of incident
- status of known offender at time of incident.
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These supplemental tables present data on violent incidents, excluding simple assaults, by total population, victim, and offender demographic characteristics.
Findings are based on data from BJS’s National Crime Victimization Survey.
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