The Uniform Crime Reports -Part 1 offenses
Title: The Uniform Crime Reports -Part 1 offenses
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 671 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Uniform Crime Reports -Part 1 offenses
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 671 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is an annual FBI publication that summarizes the incident and crime rate of reported crimes throughout the United States. The UCR Program was designed to permit comparison over time through construction of a Crime Index. The Crime Index is an inclusive measure of the violent and property crime categories of the UCR. The Uniform Crime Reports also include information on what the FBI calls Part 1 Offenses. These offenses are also
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facilities, etc.) was the type of arson most often reported in 1999. The arson of vehicles was the second most common category reported.
Arson was not added to the Crime Index until 1979. <Tab/> Although the Uniform Crime Reports categories today parallel statutory definitions of criminal behavior, they are not legal classifications, only convenience created for statistical reporting purposes.
<Tab/> Schmalleger, Frank. Criminal Justice A Brief Introduction, p. 33, 34-35