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This report details the prevalence of seven types of personal financial fraud victimization and the patterns of reporting fraud to police and other authorities. It includes statistics on the characteristics of personal financial fraud victims and describes the consequences resulting from fraud incidents.
Findings are from the 2017 Supplemental Fraud Survey, the first data collection of its kind under the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
Financial Fraud in the United States, 2017 (NCJ 255817) was written by BJS Statistician Rachel E. Morgan, Ph.D. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS’s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at www.bjs.gov.
This report details the demographic characteristics of stalking victims and describes the nature of stalking victimization, including the number of offenders, the victim-offender relationship, and the frequency and duration of the stalking. The survey measured 12 types of stalking behaviors, incorporating both traditional stalking and stalking with technology.
Findings are based on the 2016 Supplemental Victimization Survey to the NCVS.
Stalking Victimization, 2016 (NCJ 253526) was written by BJS Statisticians Jennifer L. Truman, Ph.D. and Rachel E. Morgan, Ph.D. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS’s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at www.bjs.gov.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a dataset on personal financial fraud statistics through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. This survey measures the prevalence of financial fraud victimization among persons 18 or older, characteristics of fraud victims, and patterns of reporting fraud victimization to the police and other agencies.
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a dataset on stalking statistics through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. This survey measures the prevalence of stalking victimization among persons, the types of stalking victimization experienced, the characteristics of stalking victims, the nature and consequences of stalking victimization, and patterns of reporting to the police.
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities, visit BJS online.
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