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Effects of Domestic Violence

In 1991, the Legislature found and declared that domestic violence is a serious crime against society. It found that thousands of persons in this State were regularly beaten, tortured and in some cases killed by their spouses or cohabitants; that a significant number of women were assaulted while pregnant; that victims of domestic violence came [...]

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Violent Crimes

Source:  Centers For Disease Control and Prevention Problem/Condition: An estimated 50,000 persons die annually in the United States as a result of violence-related injuries.  Homicide is the second leading cause of death for persons aged 15–24 years, the third leading cause for persons aged 25–34 years, and the fourth for persons aged 1–14 years. Similarly, suicide is [...]

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Home Invasion Statistics

Property Crime Facts (According to the FBI in the US: www.fbi.gov, and BumpKeyWarning.com): One property crime happens every 3 seconds. One burglary occurs every 10 seconds. One violent crime occurs every  20 seconds. One aggravated assault occurs every 35 seconds. One robbery occurs every 60 seconds, or 1 minute. One forcible rape occurs every 2 minutes. There were [...]

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Criminal News – Workplace Violence

United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health and Administration Violence in the workplace is a serious safety and health issue. Its most extreme form, homicide, is the fourth-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), there were 564 [...]

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Workplace Violence Statistics

DHHS Workplace Violence Training Research Library Of all violent crimes reported in the U.S. between 1993 to 1999, 18% of these crimes occured in the workplace (including 900 homicides, 36,500 sexual assaults, and 1.3 million simple assaults). Homicide is the second leading cause of death in the workplace in the U.S., and the number one [...]

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