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Federal Bureau of Investigation

Fbi: Crime in the United States 2012: Table 43: Arrests by Race, 2012

For Students 9th - 10th
Three tables of arrest statistics in the United States for 2012. The types of offenses committed are listed, and the ethnic information for the perpetrators. The first table shows all the data. The second one shows data for arrests of...
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Other

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Victim Characteristics: Race/ethnicity

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides downloadable reports on rates and types of criminal activity in the United States in different years and regions. Includes data on crimes against various ethnic groups and races.
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PBS

Pbs: Fighting School Violence

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of resources on the topic of school violence, following the Littleton, Colorado shootings in 1999. Includes a link to A Guide to Safe Schools and articles on communities trying to address youth violence.
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Encyclopedia.com: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice: Gender and Crime

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines male and female patterns of criminal activity, looks at theories that have been developed to try to explain why males offend at a much higher rate, and at the debate over the reasons for increased female crime in recent decades....
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Other

Gender and Crime Differences Between Male and Female Offending Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses crime rates, looking at the gender differences in terms of offenses committed, whether acting alone or in a group, characteristics of groups, and trends over time.
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Website
US Department of Justice

Department of Justice Official Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Official site of the Department of Justice. Has a fugitive list, publication and documents, plus news.
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Article
National Institutes of Health

Pub Med: Men, Women, and Murder: Gender Specific Differences

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an abstract of an article published in 1992 that examined crime data for 1976-1987. It looked at the differences between men and women in the roles of victim or offender in homicide cases.