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1996 and 2000 US Crime Clock
The Crime Clock should be viewed with care. Being the most aggregate
representation of Uniform Crime Report data, it is designed
to convey the annual reported crime experience by showing the relative
frequency of occurrence of the index offenses. This mode of display
should not be taken to imply a regularity in the commission of the
offenses; rather, it represents the annual ratio of crime to fixed
time intervals.
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A December 2000 Justice Department report
shows that violence in the workplace declined by 44% between
1993 and 2000. The lower level of workplace violence reflects
the general decline in violent crime, which fell by 40% during
the same period. The National Crime Victimization Survey notes
that an average of 1.7 million people were attacked at work
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