NCJ Number
61713
Date Published
1978
Length
384 pages
Annotation
STATISTICAL DATA ON CRIME AND ARRESTS IN WISCONSIN DURING 1978 ARE PRESENTED. USES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA AND CONCEPTS IN UNIFORM REPORTING ARE EXAMINED.
Abstract
UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING AND THE COMPUTATION OF AVERAGE DATA, AS DEVELOPED BY THE WISCONSIN CRIME INFORMATION BUREAU (CIB), PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATORS WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION ON CRIME RATES, TYPES OF PROPERTY STOLEN AND RECOVERED, PERCENT OF CRIMES CLEARED, NUMBER OF ARRESTS AND THE RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION, DISPOSITION OF PERSONS ARRESTED AND CHARGED, LAW ENFORCEMENT STRENGTH PER 1,000 POPULATION, NUMBER OF ASSAULTS ON OFFICERS, JUVENILE INVOLVEMENT IN OFFENSE CLEARANCES, AND JUVENILE ARRESTS AND THE RATE PER 100,000 JUVENILE POPULATION. INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE CIB IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS THAT GATHERED BY THE NATIONAL UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PROGRAM. THE SPECIFIC GOAL IS TO MEASURE OFFENSES COMMITTED AND PERSONS ARRESTED. THE SPECIFIC GOAL IS TO MEASURE OFFENSES COMMITTED AND PERSONS ARRESTED. THE LONG-RANGE PHILOSOPHY IS TO COLLECT, ANALYZE, AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO CRIMINALITY IN WISCONSIN. OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE IS THAT ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND SHERIFF'S OFFICES CONTRIBUTE DATA. FACTORS AFFECTING A COMMUNITY'S LEVEL OF REPORTED CRIME AND RELATED LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE NOTED. DETAILED DATA ARE PROVIDED THAT ARE PERTIMENT TO INDEX CRIMES, VIOLENT CRIMES, PROPERTY CRIMES, MURDER, FORCIBLE RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BURGLARY, THEFT, MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, ARSON, PROPERTY STOLEN AND RECOVERED, CLEARANCES, ARRESTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ASSAULTS AND DEATHS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, AND JUVENILE ARRESTS. AN APPENDIX CONTAINS A GLOSSARY, AN AGENCY INDEX, A SUBJECT INDEX TO OFFENSES, AND A SUMMARY LISTING OF OFFENSES. (DEP)