NCJ Number
61947
Date Published
1978
Length
333 pages
Annotation
THE FBI'S UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS FOR 1978 GIVE A NATIONWIDE VIEW OF CRIME BASED ON POLICE STATISTICS CONTRIBUTED BY STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
Abstract
CRIME AND ARREST STATISTICS ARE BROKEN DOWN BY STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA, BY STATE, BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION AND DIVISION; THEY ARE ALSO GIVEN FOR THE NATION AS A WHOLE. NARRATIVE COMMENTS AND STATISTICAL DATA ON THE FOLLOWING REPORTED INDEX OFFENSES ARE INCLUDED: MURDER AND NONNEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER, FORCIBLE RAPE, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BURGLARY, LARCENCY/THEFT, AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT. ADDITIONAL DATA ARE PRESENTED ON THE AGE, SEX, AND RACE OF MURDER VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS; THE TYPES OF WEAPONS USED IN MURDERS; THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE OFFENSE; AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS. FOR ROBBERY AND OTHER INDEX OFFENSES, DATA REVEAL THE TYPES OF WEAPONS USED, THE PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF CRIME BY POPULATION GROUP, OR THE TIME OF DAY CRIME OCCURRED. NARRATIVE COMMENTS AND STATISTICAL DATA ARE ALSO PRESENTED ON CRIME INDEX OFFENSES CLEARED (CRIMES FOR WHICH OFFENDERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED), PERSONS ARRESTED, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. METHODOLOGY FOR THE TABLES PRESENTED, TYPES OF OFFENSES IN UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING, AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA DEFINITIONS ARE APPENDED. (WJR)