NCJ Number
142633
Date Published
1993
Length
199 pages
Annotation
This report, prepared from information provided through the Oregon Uniform Crime Reporting Program for 1992, presents statistical data on offenses and arrests for crimes against persons, crimes against property, and behavioral crimes.
Abstract
Crimes against persons include willful murder, negligent homicide, rape and other sex crimes, kidnaping, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. Crimes against property encompass burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson, forgery and counterfeiting, fraud, embezzlement, stolen property, and vandalism. Behavioral crimes involve violations of weapon regulations, drug laws, and liquor laws, as well as prostitution, gambling, offenses against the family, driving under the influence, disorderly conduct, curfew violations, and runaways. Data indicate that crime in Oregon increased by 1.9 percent from 1991 to 1992. The five most populated counties (Clackamas, Lane, Marion, Multnomah, and Washington) reported 60.3 percent of the total crime in Oregon and 65.7 percent of all crimes against persons. Crimes against persons increased 4.3 percent in 1992 over 1992. Willful homicide, negligent homicide, rape, other sex crimes, robbery-aggravated assault, and simple assault all reported increases; kidnaping reported the only decrease. Crimes against property increased 2.9 percent between 1991 and 1992. Larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson, forgery, counterfeiting, embezzlement, stolen property offenses, and vandalism all reported increases; burglary and fraud reported the only decreases. Behavioral crimes increased 0.7 percent in 1992. While prostitution, drug law violations, driving under the influence, and liquor law violations decreased, increases were reported for weapon law violations, gambling, offenses against the family, disorderly conduct, juvenile curfew violations, and runaways. The index crime rate for 1992 was 585.6 per 10,000 population, a 1 percent increase over 1991. The total number of arrests increased 0.8 percent between 1991 and 1992, an increase of 0.5 percent for males, 1.8 percent for females, and 8.3 percent for juveniles. The number of adult arrests decreased by 1.7 percent. An appendix contains abbreviated