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Justice Department Study Reveals School Officials More Likely to Learn of Child Victimization Than Police or Medical Authorities

April 26, 2012 Comments off

Justice Department Study Reveals School Officials More Likely to Learn of Child Victimization Than Police or Medical Authorities (PDF)
Source: Office of Justice Programs (U.S. Department of Justice)

Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West today announced the release of Justice Department research examining how authorities learn about child victimization. Acting Associate Attorney General West discussed the findings today in Detroit at the final hearing of the National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence. The task force, a key part of the Attorney General’s Defending Childhood Initiative, will present policy recommendations to address children’s exposure to violence in a report to the Attorney General in late 2012.

According to the research, school officials knew about victimization episodes more often (42 percent) than police (13 percent) or medical personnel (2 percent). Police were the most likely to know about kidnapping, neglect and sexual abuse by an adult. School, police and medical authorities knew about a majority of serious victimizations, including incidents of sexual abuse by an adult, gang assaults and kidnappings, but were mostly unaware of other kinds of serious victimizations, such as dating violence, rape and attempted rape.

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Categories: children and families, crime, education, K-12, Office of Justice Programs, safety

OJP Fact Sheet: Identity Theft

February 9, 2012 Comments off
Source:  Office of Justice Programs
Fast Facts
    • 11.7 million persons age 16 or older in the United States were victims of identity theft during a 2-year period ending in 2008.
    • The unauthorized use or attempted use of an existing credit card was the most prevalent type of identity theft in 2008 (accounting for 53 percent of all victims).
    • The total financial cost of identity theft was nearly $17.3 billion over a 2-year period.
    • 23 percent of identity theft victims age 16 or older suffered a personal out-of-pocket loss of $1 or more.
    • From the day they discovered the crime, 20 percent of identity theft victims spent more than a month working to undo the damage it caused.
Categories: financial crime and fraud, Office of Justice Programs, privacy and security

OJP Fact Sheet: Faith-Based Programs

February 8, 2012 Comments off
Source:  Office of Justice Programs
Fast Facts
    • There are more than 350,000 religious congregations in the United States. The average congregation has 100–400 members.
    • U.S. congregations generate an estimated $81 billion annually in revenues, much of which is used to support programs that address social needs.
    • Faith-based institutions engage 45 million volunteers, nearly half of the total number of American volunteers.
    • Virtually all U.S. prison systems offer faith-based worship services; 93 percent also offer prayer groups.
Categories: nonprofits and volunteerism, Office of Justice Programs, religion and spirituality
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