https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/capd0915st.pdf
Presents estimates of nonfatal violent crime directed against persons aged 12 or older with disabilities. Includes type of disability, victim-offender characteristics, time of crime, and use of victim services. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/hcv0415.pdf
Covers the perceived motive for the hate crime, evidence that the crime was motivated by bias, demographic characteristics of victims and offenders, and crimes reported and not reported to police. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/disabl_06212017.pdf
17.9% of persons with a disability were employed in 2016, compared to 65.3% for those without a disability. The unemployment rate for persons with a disability was 10.5%. Includes age, race, sex, and educational attainment, occupation, and industry data comparing those with and without a disability. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2016/index.html
Annual statistical data book with more than 240 statistical tables on Social Security and the Supplemental Security Income programs. Also includes data on related social insurance and welfare programs. From the Social Security Administration
https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2016/home.htm
Labor force participation by women reached a peak in the U.S. in 1999 with a rate of 60% and has since declined to 56.7% in 2015. This report presents historical and recent labor force participation and earnings data for men and women from the Current Population Survey. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/vet.pdf
The unemployment rate for post-2001 veterans moved down to 5.1% in 2016. Provides details about veterans’ employment status by gender, age, service-connected disability status, and state. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/15-797
5-3 Supreme Court ruling that Texas used unconstitutional standards in determining that a death row inmate was not intellectually disabled. The court had previously ruled in a Virginia case (Atkins v. Virginia) that executing the “mentally retarded” violated the Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. That decision left it up to states to determine their own guidelines for intellectual disability. From the Legal Information Institute of the Cornell University Law School
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2017/demo/p70br-144.pdf
Reports participation rates by eligible individuals and benefit amounts received for such social services programs as Social Security retirement and disability, veterans’ disabilities, unemployment, and workers’ compensation. From the Census Bureau