NCJ Number
143947
Date Published
1991
Length
373 pages
Annotation
This volume presents crime statistics for the United States for 1990, using information from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
Abstract
The statistics cover offense and offender statistics for crime index offenses; information on victims, victim- offender relationships, weapons, and circumstances; clearances; arrests; and the numbers and types law enforcement personnel at the State and local levels. The Uniform Crime Reporting Program is also described. The data reveal that a crime index offense was committed every 2 seconds, including a violent crime every 17 seconds and a property crime every 2 seconds. Murders accounted for 1 percent of the violent crimes. The southern States accounted for 43 percent of the murders; the western States, 20 percent, the northeastern States, 19 percent; and the midwestern States, 18 percent. The Uniform Crime reporting program now includes Federal data, and in 1991 participants began gathering information on crimes motivated by prejudice against a victim's race, religion, ethnic origin, or sexual orientation. Tables, figures, and addresses of Uniform Crime Reporting programs