The Uniform Of Uniform Crime Reporting - 1189 Words

Uniform Crime Reporting data is delivered to the public in two ways: One way is by Web publications of traditional Uniform Crime Reporting offerings such as Crime in the United States, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, Hate Crime Statistics, other periodic or special compilations (Soares, 2004). Older Uniform Crime Reporting publications (from 1930 to 1995) are available from the FBI’s CJIS Division as scanned Portable Document Format (PDF) files on compact discs (CDs) (Biderman, and Lynch, 1991). Return A Master File the number of Part I Offenses (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and additional offense data (e.g.,†¦show more content†¦Police Employee Master File includes officer assault data indicating whether the officer sustained injury; the officer’s shift (e.g., the time of the assault as well as the month of assault); duty-type (e.g., two-man vehicle, etc.); the weapon used in the assault; and the circumstance type (e.g., disturbance call) (1960–current) (Cohen, and Kenneth, 1984). Arson Master Fi e reports the number of arson offenses; the type of structure (e.g., residence, storage, motor vehicle, etc.); the total number of arson offenses cleared and the number of clearances involving only juveniles; the number of unfounded offenses; and the estimated value of property damage (1980–current) (Cohen, and Kenneth, 1984). Arrest Master File provides a total number of arrests for each of the 29 arrest classifications for male, female, and male/female combined and are presented by age, includes race breakdowns for juvenile arrestees and adult arrestees by offense type (1974–current) (Cohen, and Kenneth, 1984). Hate Crime Master File provides the quarter the incident occurred, date, victim type, total number of victims, total number of offenders and their race, the offense, the location, and the bias motivation. (1991-current) (Cohen, and Kenneth,