NCJ Number
43234
Date Published
1977
Length
311 pages
Annotation
THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS OFFER A PERIODIC NATIONWIDE ASSESSMENT OF CRIME BASED ON POLICE STATISTICS.
Abstract
CRIME REPORTS ARE OBTAINED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION BASED ON A UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND REPORTING PROCEDURE. SEVEN OFFENSES, SELECTED FOR THEIR SERIOUSNESS, FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE, AND LIKELIHOOD OF BEING REPORTED TO POLICE, COMPRISE THE CRIME INDEX OFFENSES; THESE OFFENSES ARE MURDER, FORCIBLE RAPE, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BURGLARY, LARCENY-THEFT, AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT. THESE OFFENSES FALL UNDER ADOPTED STANDARDIZED DEFINITIONS. THE REPORT OFFERS DATA CONSISTING OF NARRATIVE COMMENTS, CHARTS, AND TABLES ON CRIME INDEX OFFENSES REPORTED, CRIME INDEX OFFENSES CLEARED BY ARREST, PERSONS ARRESTED, AND PERSONS CHARGED. STATISTICS PERTAINING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CRIME-RELATED DATA. APPENDIXES CONTAIN TABLE METHODOLOGY, DEFINITIONS OF OFFENSES OTHER THAN CRIME INDEX, AND POPULATION DEFINITIONS.