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Geography of Arrests for Violent Crime

NCJ Number
153485
Date Published
1994
Length
4 pages
Annotation
A comparison of Illinois arrest statistics from 1985 and 1991 revealed that the locations of where violent crimes occur is changing in the State.
Abstract
The analysis focused on murder, criminal sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault. The analysis revealed that although the majority of arrests for violent crime occurred in Chicago, suburban Cook County, and give surrounding counties, proportionately fewer arrests were made in those areas in 1991 than in 1985. Violence index offense arrests increased 72 percent in urban counties and 38 percent Statewide between 1985 and 1991. Arrests for rape declined in Chicago; arrests for murder and robbery declined in rural counties; and arrests for all types of violent index offenses increased in suburban Cook County, other counties surrounding Chicago, and urban counties. Because aggravated assault is the single largest component of violent crime, the growth pattern for violent crime overall is similar to that for aggravated assault. Figures