90% of Serious Violent Crime Victims Received Help
4 Aug 2011 15:00 Africa/Lagos Nine Percent of Serious Violent Crime Victims Received Help or Advice From a Victim Service Agency Between 1993 and 2009 PR Newswire WASHINGTON, August 4, 2011 WASHINGTON, August 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- From 1993 to 2009, about nine percent of victims of serious violent crime―rape or other sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated assault―received direct assistance from a victim service agency, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Victim service agencies are publicly or privately funded organizations that provide victims with support and services to aid their physical and emotional recovery, offer protection from future victimizations, guide victims through the criminal justice system, and assist in the process of obtaining restitution. While the rate of serious violent crime in the United States declined overall from 22 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older in 1993 to 6 per 1,000 in 2009, the percentage of victims r...