Violent offenders, more often than not, are victims long before they commit their first crime: A former inmate who spent two years in a Boston prison for robbery was given away by his mother, a heroin ...

Over the past two decades, the rate of non-fatal violent firearm crime victimizations among Americans ages 12 and older was highest in the early 1990s, and fell sharply (63%) from 1993 through 2000, ...

During the Biden administration, “victimization rates increased for all groups, with Black Americans seeing a significant rise compared to the Trump years.” The fact that minorities were safer under ...

As many as 75% of children and adolescents report experiencing some sort of peer victimization, researchers estimate, with 10 to 15% experiencing more severe and prolonged victimization. Two new ...

The tragic school shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. represents one of the rarest events in ...

A strong link between victimization experiences and substance abuse has been discovered by researchers. A strong link between victimization experiences and substance abuse has been discovered by ...

PALMETTO, Fla. — Sexual victimization reported by teens at Palmetto Youth Academy went up 9 percent in six years, according to a newly-released report from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of ...

Take a moment and picture an image of a rapist. Without a doubt, you are thinking about a man. Given our pervasive cultural understanding that perpetrators of sexual violence are nearly always men, ...

The tragic school shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. represents one of the rarest events in criminal justice—a mass shooting by a teenage girl. One of the "iron laws" in ...