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The FBI defines an active shooter as an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area, but the definition of mass shooting is less clear.
Cases of child labor violations have fallen since the early 2000s. But from 2015 to 2022, the number of minors employed in violation of child labor laws rose by 283%.
Anti-transgender and anti-Jewish hate crimes increased 35% or more between 2021 and 2022.
The federal government spent over $1.3 billion to clear the rape kit backlog since 2011, but a USAFacts analysis uncovered thousands of rape kits awaiting testing in 2022.
The sources, gaps, and limitations of existing data on the national rape kit backlog.
The FBI relied heavily on estimates for 2021 crime statistics due to low response rates from law enforcement agencies.
2022 had the highest number of reported hate crimes since the FBI began tracking them in 1991.
Black Americans saw a rise in police threats and nonfatal use of force in recent years.
A look at the Government Accountability Office's high risk list. Plus, here's the background on what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives tracks to help understand how guns end up at crime scenes.
Thirty-six percent of guns traced to female buyers were used in a crime within one year of purchase, 12 points higher than male buyers.
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