NCJ Number
48579
Date Published
1977
Length
246 pages
Annotation
EXTENSIVE STATISTICAL DATA ARE PRESENTED WHICH PORTRAY THE VOLUME, NATURE, EXTENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF CRIME IN PENNSYLVANIA DURING 1977, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE NATIONAL UNIFORM CRIME REPORT PROGRAM.
Abstract
OFFENSE DATA CONSIST OF INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM REPORT OF CRIMES THAT HAVE COME TO THE ATTENTION OF STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS PART I AND PART II OFFENSES. PART I OFFENSES INCLUDE CRIMINAL HOMICIDE, FORCIBLE RAPE, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, BURGLARY, LARCENY, AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT. PART II OFFENSES CONSIST OF OTHER ASSAULTS, ARSON, FORGERY/COUNTERFEITING, FRAUD, EMBEZZLEMENT, STOLEN PROPERTY OFFENSES(BUYING, RECEIVING, POSSESSING),VANDALISM, WEAPONS OFFENSES, PROSTITUTION AND COMMERCIALIZED VICE, SEX OFFENSES, DRUG ABUSE VIOLATIONS, GAMBLING, OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS, DRUNKENESS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, VAGRANCY, AND ALL OTHER OFFENSES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE DATA ON JUVENILE VIOLATIONS OF CURFEW AND LOITERING LAWS AND JUVENILE RUNAWAYS. LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEE DATA, CRIMINAL CHARGES AND DISPOSITIONS, AND CLEARANCE RATES ARE ALSO PROVIDED. STATE TOTALS , AND BREAKDOWNS BY REGION AND COUNTY ARE GIVEN FOR OFFENSE DATA. A TOTAL OF 772,596 CRIMES OF ALL TYPES WERE REPORTED DURING 1977. REPORTED AND CONFIRMED CRIME INDEX OFFENSES TOTALED 366,662 THIS FIGURE REPRESENTS THE FIRST DECREASE IN INDEX OFFENSES IN THE STATE SINCE 1972. IN ADDITION, 405,475 PARTII OFFENSES WERE REPORTED WITH A RATE OF 3,387 PER 100,00 POPULATION: AN INCREASE OF 1.5 PERCENT OVER SUCH OFFENSES REPORTED IN 1976. OF ALL OFFENSES REPORTED, 44.6 PERCENT WERE CLEARED; 24.1 PERCENT OF INDEX OFFENSES, AND 63.1 PERCENT OF PART II OFFENSES.(JAP)