NCJ Number
62625
Date Published
1978
Length
9 pages
Annotation
CHARACTERISTICS OF OVER 31,000 BURGLARIES THAT OCCURRED IN GEORGIA WERE EXAMINED; VERY FEW DIFFERENCES EXIST IN THE CRIME'S PROFILE IN THE VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE STATE.
Abstract
INFORMATION FOR THE REPORT WAS OBTAINED FROM THE GEORGIA CRIME INFORMATION CENTER'S UNIFORM CRIME REPORT PROGRAM FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY THROUGH JUNE 1977. FINDINGS INDICATED THAT THE MOST POPULOUS REGIONS HAVE A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF THESE CRIMES, BUT THAT STRIKING DIFFERENCES IN TYPE, LOCATION, OR TIME OF BURGLARIES DID NOT EXIST. A TOTAL OF 76.5 PERCENT OF THE BURGLARIES WERE COMMITTED WITH USE OF FORCE, 17.5 PERCENT REQUIRED NO FORCE, AND 6 PERCENT WERE ATTEMPTS. OF REPORT BURGLARIES, 63.5 PERCENT WERE COMMITTED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND 36.5 PERCENT IN NONRESIDENTIAL AREAS. DAY BURGLARIES WERE PREVALENT OVER NIGHT BURGLARIES AND RESIDENTIAL DAY BURGLARIES OUTNUMBERED RESIDENTIAL NIGHT BURGLARIES. ADULTS WERE FOUND TO OUTNUMBER JUVENILES IN BURGLARY ARRESTS BY A MARGIN OF 1.65 TO 1. THE CORRELATION ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT POPULATION IS A BETTER INDICATOR OF BURGLARY INCIDENCE THAN DENSITY AND IS EQUAL TO DENSITY AS A PREDICTOR WHEN CORRELATED WITH BURGLARY RATE. TABULAR DATA ARE INCLUDED. (MJW)