FBI Uniform Crime Report
Uniform Crime Reporting
Gabriel Padua
CJA/314
January 20, 2015
Paulina Solis
Uniform Crime Report
Ever wonder how crimes are measured? What is FBI Uniform Crime Report data? How these Crime Statistics are produce? And how is burglary define?
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Data
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is one of the two ways crime rates are measured in the United States. The "Uniform Crime Reports" (n.d.) website, UCR is the starting place for law enforcement executives, criminal justice students, members of the media, researchers, and the public seeking information on crime in the nation. The idea of the program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet the need for reliable uniform crime statistics for the nation. Since 1930, the FBI has been gathering crime statistics from law enforcement agencies across the Nation. The data collected has been published each year, and since 1958, and has been available in the publication Crime in the United States (CIUS). According to "Welcome To A New Way To Access UCR Statistics" (n.d.), “As a supplement to CIUS, the FBI, in cooperation with the Bureau of Justice Statistics, provides this site that allows users to build their own customized data tables”().
The UCR collects statistics on property crime (burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft) and violent crime (murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault). Also in addition to these reports, there is information available on the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted Program, the Hate Crime Statistics Program, and as well as the traditional Summary Reporting System, and the National Incident-Based Reporting System. According to "Welcome To A New Way To Access UCR Statistics" (n.d.), “By congressional mandate, arson was added as the eighth Part I offense in 1979. Arson statistics are not available for access on this site. By using the table-building tool,
Gabriel Padua
CJA/314
January 20, 2015
Paulina Solis
Uniform Crime Report
Ever wonder how crimes are measured? What is FBI Uniform Crime Report data? How these Crime Statistics are produce? And how is burglary define?
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Data
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is one of the two ways crime rates are measured in the United States. The "Uniform Crime Reports" (n.d.) website, UCR is the starting place for law enforcement executives, criminal justice students, members of the media, researchers, and the public seeking information on crime in the nation. The idea of the program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet the need for reliable uniform crime statistics for the nation. Since 1930, the FBI has been gathering crime statistics from law enforcement agencies across the Nation. The data collected has been published each year, and since 1958, and has been available in the publication Crime in the United States (CIUS). According to "Welcome To A New Way To Access UCR Statistics" (n.d.), “As a supplement to CIUS, the FBI, in cooperation with the Bureau of Justice Statistics, provides this site that allows users to build their own customized data tables”().
The UCR collects statistics on property crime (burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft) and violent crime (murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault). Also in addition to these reports, there is information available on the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted Program, the Hate Crime Statistics Program, and as well as the traditional Summary Reporting System, and the National Incident-Based Reporting System. According to "Welcome To A New Way To Access UCR Statistics" (n.d.), “By congressional mandate, arson was added as the eighth Part I offense in 1979. Arson statistics are not available for access on this site. By using the table-building tool,
References: Uniform Crime Reports. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr Measures. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/79-331/measures.html Welcome to a new way to access UCR statistics. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/ Calculator. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://mcpcr.com/per-capita-crime-calculator/ Boivin, R. (2013). On the Use of Crime Rates1. Canadian Journal Of Criminology & Criminal Justice, 55(2), 263-277. University of Phoenix. (2015). Criminology in the 21st Century. Retrieved from University of Phoenix, CJA/314 website.