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UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS INDEX CRIMES Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter: The willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another...Not included...are deaths caused by negligence, suicide, or accident; justifiable homicides; and attempts to murder or assaults to murder, which are scored as aggravated assaults. Aggravated Assault: An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting sever or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm Forcible Rape: Carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will Robbery: Taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or putting the victim in fear Burglary: The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft Larceny-Theft: The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. It includes crimes such as shoplifting, pocket-picking, purse-snatching, thefts from motor vehicles, thefts of motor vehicles parts and accessories, bicycle thefts, etc, in which no use of force, violence or fraud occurs. Motor Vehicle Theft: The theft of attempted theft of a motor vehicle Arson: Any willful of malicious
burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling
house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of
another, etc.
SOURCES OF DATA
ON CRIME AND CRIMINALS ALL CRIME
STUDY OF TYPICAL
FELONY ARREST OUTCOMES 100 Arrests -- (20 rejected at
initial screening)
INTERPRETING UCR DATA 1. Index Construction Problems 2. Important Offenses Excluded -- Organized Crime, Political Crime, White Collar Crime, Drug Offenses 3. Factors Influencing Reporting Rates a. Public perceptions of police responsiveness b. Technological changes -- weapons, emergency medical technology c. Organizational
practices -- Insurance coverage, service oriented banking, discount merchandising, d. Personal possessions -- automobiles, homes e. Social Movements and activist groups -- crime watch, feminist movement 4. Changes in Reporting Practices
-- Addition of Arson, Redefinition of Larceny
INTERNATIONAL CRIME DATA Homicide Rape Robbery Theft United States 10.1 36.0 240.9 5,262.2 Canada 2.1 9.6 102.1 5,071.5 Chile -.- 34.2 403.4 404.1 Columbia 2.3 8.6 191.8 138.7 Costa Rica 2.7 13.5 82.2 183.7 Panama -.- 10.2 14.3 180.1 Denmark 1.5 6.3 28.5 4,417.2 Finland 2.4 7.7 39.1 2,116.2 Norway -.- 3.2 8.3 2,420.2 Sweden 1.6 10.6 41.2 6,186.9 Austria 1.0 7.5 12.6 2,074.0 Czechoslovakia -.- 2.9 5.3 46.9 England/Wales 1.2 2.5 30.2 4,148.8 France -.- 3.5 9.0 2,983.6 Germany (FRG) 1.4 11.2 38.5 3,960.0 Greece -.- 5.3 .8 184.1 Ireland 0.4 1.4 39.2 1 ,159.8 Italy 2.0 3.3 7.6 301.4 Netherlands -.- 5.6 30.0 569.5 No. Ireland 5.6 3.1 -.- 1,837.8 Poland 1.4 4.4 .7 515.2 Portugal 1.8 1.2 16.5 233.1 Scotland 1.1 5.9 72.3 4,998.3 Spain -.- 2.5 73.2 1,093.2 Yugoslavia -.- 8.5 4.5 392.5
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