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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO RELEASE REPORT ON CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, 2007

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics will issue a news release EMBARGOED until THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009, at 9:00 A.M. EDT. To access the embargoed news release and the full report now available on the BJS website, send an e-mail to <bjspress@usdoj.gov>. You must type DISABILITIES in the subject line to receive a user ID and password. Following publication the report and press release can be found at <http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/capd07.htm>.

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