Rich
Subj: Re: Recent Statistics on Assault Weapons & Crime?
Date: 12/17/2003 6:03:15 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Thank you for your kind comments about the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report titled Guns Used In Crime: Firearms, Crime, and Criminal Justice <http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/guic.htm>. We believe the data you cite is not from the BJS, but from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) . The ATF website is available at <http://www.atf.gov/>. The National Tracing Center is run by ATF and they have a firearm section at <http://www.atf.gov/firearms/stats/index.htm>.
Other BJS firearm related reports include the following:
-- Criminal Victimization in the United States - Statistical Tables
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvus/weapons_used886.htm
See Table 66. Personal crimes of violence, 2001: Percent of incidents, by victim-offender relationship,
type of crime and weapons use
-- Federal Firearm Offenders, 1992-98: With Preliminary Data for 1999
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ffro.htm
-- Weapons Offenses and Offenders--Firearms, Crime, and Criminal Justice: Selected Findings
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/woofcccj.htm
-- Weapon Use and Violent Crime, 1993-2001
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wuvc01.htm
Please also refer to the BJS website "Firearms and Crime" section which is under "Special Topics" and is available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/guns.htm.
For information about the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) report you mention, try calling the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420, or visit their web site at http://www.ncjrs.org. The NCJRS website also has a searchable abstract database and virtual library at http://www.ncjrs.org/search.html. Publications can be ordered online at http://puborder.ncjrs.org/Content/search.asp or by e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Attached text file of a quick search from NCJRS website. The first entry listed was funded by NIJ. If you questions, I suggest you contact NIJ by calling (202) 307-2942 or visit the NIJ website at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/ .
Thank you for asking BJS!
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Dear Sir,
I searching for any recent information on the effectiveness of the assault
weapons ban passed by Congress in 1994.
I did find on the BJS website an excellent report "Guns Used in Crime" with a
section on assault weapons, however, the report was published in 1995. The
report did mention that the National Institute of Justice would be evaluating
the effectiveness of the ban and reporting the results to Congress in 1997.
Do you have this report and any other recent information on the use of
assault weapons during the commission of a crime?
Also, the Boston Globe recently published an article citing the BJS on
assault weapons (see below). Do you know the sources of this information?
Thank you,
Rich
Dr. Richard Griffiths
Democrats aim for new support on gun issues
By Mary Leonard, Globe Staff, 12/14/2003
Q. Has the ban on assault weapons reduced violent crimes?
A. It's difficult to say, though the Justice Department has reported that
assault weapons represented 1.2 percent of the guns used in crimes in 2002 down
from 3.6 percent in 1995.
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