BJS Releases Violent Victimization with a Firearm, 2024
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, released Violent Victimization with a Firearm, 2024 today. It provides statistics on violent victimizations involving firearms in the United States for 2023 and 2024.
This Just the Stats report details violent victimizations involving firearms, based on data reported by law enforcement agencies. The data used to produce this report are from the BJS and FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System, or NIBRS, Estimation Program for 2023 and 2024.
| Title: | Violent Victimization with a Firearm, 2024 (NCJ 311738) |
| Author(s): | Kimberly Martin, PhD, BJS Statistician, and James T. Hubbell, PhD, Former BJS Statistician |
| Where: | https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/violent-victimization-firearm-2024 |
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