NCJ Number
10967
Date Published
1973
Length
82 pages
Annotation
THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF INTERJURISDICTIONAL CRIME IN THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH IT AFFECTS THE SEVERAL JURISDICTIONS OF THE AREA.
Abstract
THE STUDY COVERS THE CALENDAR YEAR 1972 AND IS BASED ON RECORDS OF THE RESIDENCES OF PERSONS ARRESTED FOR THE SEVEN CRIMINAL OFFENSES CATEGORIZED AS PART I (INDEX) OFFENSES BY THE FBI, AND FOR NARCOTICS OFFENSES. THE SEVEN INDEX CRIMES CONSIDERED WERE MURDER, RAPE, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BURGLARY, LARCENY, AND AUTO THEFT. FOURTEEN MAJOR JURISDICTIONS IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA ARE INCLUDED. STATISTICAL DATA IS PRESENTED IN TABULAR FORM AND THEN DISCUSSED. RESULTS INDICATE THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE IN FIVE ARRESTS FOR SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENSES IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA DURING 1972 WAS OF A PERSON WHO DID NOT RESIDE IN THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH HE WAS ARRESTED. ALSO, THE RATE OF INTERJURISDICTIONAL CRIME, AS REFLECTED BY RESIDENCES OF ARRESTED PERSONS, IS HIGHER IN SUBURBAN AREAS THAN IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. METROPOLITANWIDE, THE HIGHEST RATE OF NON-RESIDENT ARRESTS WAS FOR LARCENY AND THE LOWEST RATE WAS FOR ASSAULT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)