NCJ Number
235549
Date Published
2010
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This report presents data on crimes committed against persons with disabilities in Delaware between April 2009 and January 2010.
Abstract
During this period, there were 937 police crime reports that indicated the victims were persons with disabilities. Forgery-fraud-larceny were involved in 267 calls (29 percent). Assaults were involved in 20 percent of the cases that involved victims with disabilities. In most of the cases, the police did not know or did not record a disabled victim's relationship with an offender (64.2 percent). For the cases in which the victim's relationship with the offender was known, data are provided for various types of offenses as to whether the offender was a spouse, another family member, a child, a boyfriend/girlfriend, a friend/neighbor, or employer. A separate table reports the number of cases in which the offender was unknown or was a stranger. Another table provides data on the number of violent offenses committed against disabled persons (offenses of homicide, kidnapping, robbery, rape, and assault). The next two tables highlight some of the most serious crimes against disabled people, including assault, which is the second most likely crime to be committed against a disabled victim. The next table focuses on the category of crimes most likely to be committed against disabled persons, i.e., property crimes. 8 tables and 2 references