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Victimization Rates and Traits of Sexual and Gender Minorities in the US
Results from the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2017
October 2020
This study analyzes data from the 2017 National Crime Victimization Survey to examine the rates of victimization among LGBT people compared with their cisgender, heterosexual counterparts. It appeared in Science Advances in October 2020.
Highlights
LGBT people are nearly four times more likely than non-LGBT people to experience violent victimization.
LGBT people had higher rates of serious violence victimization in almost every type of violent crime except robbery.
About half of all victimizations are not reported to police. LGBT people are as likely as non-LGBT people to report violence to police.
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