Editing Carjacking (section)

====Prevalence and statistical analysis====
According to the [[National Crime Victimization Survey]] (NCVS) conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice's [[Bureau of Justice Statistics]], from 1993 to 2002, some 38,000 carjackings occurred annually.<ref name="Klaus">Patsy Klaus, [http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/c02.pdf National Crime Victimization Survey, Carjacking, 1993-2002], U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2004.</ref> According to the survey, over this time period men were more often victims than women, blacks more than whites, and Hispanics more than non-Hispanics.<ref name="Klaus"/> 56% of carjackers were identified by victims as black, 21% white, 16% Asian or Native American, and 7% mixed race or unknown.<ref name="Klaus"/> Some 93% of carjackings occurred in urban areas.<ref name="Klaus"/><ref>Benjamin S. Wright, Motor Vehicle Theft, in ''Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America'' (Sage 2010: ed. Jeffrey Ian Ross), p. 271.</ref>

There were multiple carjackers in 56% of incidents, and the carjacker or carjackers were identified as male in 93% of incidents. A weapon was used in 74% of carjacking victimization: firearms in 45%, knives in 11%, and other weapons in 18%. Victims were injured in about 32% of completed carjackings and about 17% of attempted carjackings. Serious injuries, such as gunshot or knife wounds, broken bones, or internal injuries occurred in about 9% of incidents. About 14 murders a year involved car theft, but not all of these were carjackings. Some 68% of carjackings occurred at nighttime hours (6 p.m. to 6 a.m.). Some 98% of completed carjackings and 77% of attempted carjackings were reported to police. About 44% of carjacking incidents occurred in an open area (e.g., on the street or near public transportation) while 24% occurred in parking lots or garages or near commercial places (e.g., stores, gas stations, office buildings, restaurants/bars).<ref name="Klaus"/>

According to the NCVS, from 1992 and 1996, about 49,000 completed or attempted nonfatal carjackings took place each year in the United States. The carjacking was successful in about half of the incidents. Data on fatal carjackings are not available; "about 27 homicides by strangers each year involved automobile theft," but not all of these were carjackings.<ref name="Klaus2">Patsy Klaus, [http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cus96.pdf Carjackings in the United States, 1992-96], .S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, March 1999.</ref>