StateMaster - New Jerseyan Crime statistics

Arson deaths	35	[35th of 49]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000	48	[48th of 51]
Homicide > Total number of victims	16	[16th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17	22 %	[22nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34	7 %	[7th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64	30 %	[30th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male	17 %	[17th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black	17 %	[17th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female	25 %	[25th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons	33 %	[33rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male	29 %	[29th of 49]
Lynchings > Black	33	[33rd of 44]
Lynchings > Total	41	[41st of 44]
Lynchings > White	41	[41st of 44]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities	15	[15th of 50]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails	12	[12th of 44]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths	15	[15th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides	27	[27th of 50]
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11	2	[2nd of 40]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities	43	[43rd of 50]

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SOURCES: US Fire Administration, 2001; statehealthfacts.org; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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