This Crime Victims series presents information collected and analyzed during a recent project in which the Commission reviewed court documents to identify victims in offenses for which a sentence was imposed in fiscal year 2023. 

Crime Victims Fact Sheets

Crime Victims Fact Sheets give readers basic facts about victims of particular categories of federal crime in an easy-to-read, two-page format. 

• Issue 10: Federal Offenses Involving Vulnerable Victims (Published December 18, 2025)
  • The tenth issue covers federal offenses involving vulnerable victims, which can be found in Section 3A1.1(b) of the federal sentencing guidelines.
• Issue 9: Federal Offenses Involving Hate Crimes (Published December 11, 2025)
  • The ninth issue covers federal hate crimes, which can be found under Chapter Three, Part A of the federal sentencing guidelines.
• Issue 8: Federal Sex Offenses (Published December 4, 2025)
  • The eighth issue covers federal sex offenses, which can be found in Chapter Two, Part G and Chapter Two Part A, Section Three of the federal sentencing guidelines.
• Issue 7: Federal Offenses Involving Criminal Enterprises (Published November 20, 2025)
  • The seventh issue covers federal offenses involving criminal enterprises, which can be found in Chapter Two, Part E of the federal sentencing guidelines.
• Issue 6: Federal Offenses Involving Restitution Orders (Published October 9, 2025)
  • The sixth issue covers federal offenses involving restitution orders, which can be found in Section 5E1.1 of the federal sentencing guidelines.
• Issue 5: Federal Drug Offenses (Published October 2, 2025)
  • The fifth issue covers federal drug offenses, which can be found in Chapter Two, Part D of the federal sentencing guidelines (Unlawful Manufacturing, Importing, Exporting, Trafficking, or Possession; Continuing Criminal Enterprise; Unlawful Possession; and Regulatory Violations).
• Issue 4: Federal Offenses Involving Official Victims (Published September 18, 2025)
  • The fourth issue covers offenses involving official victims which can be found in Section 3A1.2 of the federal sentencing guidelines.
• Issue 3: Federal Offenses Involving Individual Rights (Published September 4, 2025)
  • The third issue covers offenses involving individual rights which can be found in Chapter Two, Part H of the federal sentencing guidelines (Civil Rights; Political Rights; Privacy and Eavesdropping; and Peonage, Involuntary Servitude, Slave Trade, and Child Soldiers).
• Issue 2: Federal Economic Offenses (Published August 18, 2025)
  • The second issue covers economic offenses, which can be found in Chapter Two, Part B of the federal sentencing guidelines (Theft, Embezzlement, Receipt of Stolen Property, Property Destruction and Offenses Involving Fraud or Deceit; Burglary and Trespass; Blackmail and Similar Forms of Extortion; Commercial Bribery and Kickbacks; Counterfeiting and Infringement of Copyright or Trademark; and Motor Vehicle Identification Numbers).
• Issue 1: Federal Offenses Involving Force or Threat Against the Person (Published August 18, 2025)
  • The first issue covers offenses involving force or threat against the person (including Homicide; Assault; Kidnapping, Abduction, or Unlawful Restraint; Air Piracy and Offenses Against Mass Transportation Systems; and Threatening or Harassing Communications, Hoaxes, Stalking, and Domestic Violence). Other such offenses are found under Chapter Two, Part B (Robbery, and Extortion by Force or Threat of Injury or Serious Damage).