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Crime in Pennsylvania, 1981 - Uniform Crime Report - Annual Report

NCJ Number
87632
Date Published
Unknown
Length
233 pages
Annotation
A total of 922,088 actual crimes were reported into the Uniform Crime Reporting Program by Pennsylvania law enforcement agencies in 1981, a decrease of .5 percent from the previous year.
Abstract
One violent crime occurred every 12 minutes, 1 second; one property crime occurred every minute and 20 seconds; and one murder every 12 hours and 13 minutes. One Index crime happened in Pennsylvania every minute and 12 seconds. Crime Index offense data, Part II offense data, law enforcement employee data, and numerous tables and graphs comprise most of the report.