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Uniform Crime Reports, 1980, Part 1 - Offenses Known and Persons Arrested

NCJ Number
96094
Date Published
1984
Length
1363 pages
Annotation
These four volumes of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), 1980, present variables description lists, codebooks, and glossaries, as well as introductory sections that contain discussions of data collection procedures, data descriptions, file structures, codebook information, and processing information.
Abstract
Volume 1 deals with monthly data on the number of Crime Index offenses reported, the number of offenses cleared by arrest (or other exceptional means) and the number of adults and juveniles arrested by each reporting law enforcement agency. Volume 2 pertains to monthly data on the nature of crime and the value and type of property stolen and recovered in each crime, and Volume 3 concerns criminal homicides. Volume 4 deals with monthly data for felonious or accidental killings and assaults on law enforcement officers in the line of duty.