Product Overview
Crime in the United States contains findings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the offenses, known to law enforcement, released annually from its Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Because the FBI no longer prints these findings, Bernan Press continues to provide this practical information in convenient book form.
In this intricately detailed source, legal and law enforcement professionals, researchers, and those who are just curious will find violent and property crime statistics for the nation as a wholeand for regions, states, counties, cities, towns, and even college and university campuses.
Crime in the United States includes statistics for:
violent and property crimes
hate crimes
crime trends
victims, by type
crimes cleared (those closed by arrest or other means)
persons arrested (age, sex, and race)
juvenile offenders
law enforcement personnel (including the number of sworn officers killed or assaulted)
characteristics of homicides (including age, sex, and race of victims and offenders; victim-offender relationships; weapons used; and circumstances surrounding homicides)
In addition to data, Crime in the United States also includes text and pertinent figures that explain the data in greater detail and supplies a visual perspective of these major offenses.
Violent crimes include:
murder and non-negligent manslaughter
forcible rape
robbery
aggravated assault
Property crimes include:
burglary
larceny-theft
motor vehicle theft
arson
Hate crimes include any crime motivated by bias against:
race
religion
sexual orientation
ethnicity/national origin
and/or disability
Data include the following: offense type, location, bias motivation, victim type, number of individual victims, number of offenders, and the race of the offenders.
