Apartheid. USA 1988

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March 8, 1987:

The Justice Department announced today that 83 percent of 12-year-old children in the United States will be the victims or intended victims of violent crimes at least once in their lifetimes. Herbert Koppel, an analyst at the Bureau of Justice Statistics, said the study was undertaken because annual figures ‘can provide a false sense of security’. The study reached the following conclusions based on current crime rates:

-	One out of every 133 Americans will become a murder victim. Among black men, the estimate is dramatically higher: 1 out of 30.
-	One out of every 12 women will be the victim of a rape or an attempted rape. The rate for black women is 1 out of 9.
-	Nearly everyone will be the victim of a personal theft at least once, and 87 percent will be personal theft victim 3 or more times.
-	Blacks have a 53 percent chance of becoming the victims of a completed rape, robbery or assault, while the figure for whites is 41 percent.
-	For robbery blacks face a 51 percent victimization rate, while the rate for whites is 27 percent.
-	Almost 3 out of 4 households will be burglarized at least once in 20 years and theft without forcible entry will occur in 9 to 10 homes. Urban households face a 27 percent chance of auto theft in a 20-year period.^64.

64. Data from a special report in the New York Times