NCJ Number
44042
Date Published
1977
Length
74 pages
Annotation
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BASIC DATA ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR CRIME ANALYSIS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS PRESENTED.
Abstract
THE STUDY SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING: (1) MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATEWIDE SYSTEM FOR DATA COLLECTION AND RETRIEVAL, THE CRIMINAL LAW UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS (CLUES), AND DETERMINE WHAT THE CLUES SYSTEM HAS STORED THAT CAN BE READILY RETRIEVED, AND USED BY PARTICIPATING AGENCIES TO PERFORM BASIC ANALYSIS ; (2) DEMONSTRATE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF BASIC CRIME ANALYSIS TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SMALLER DEPARTMENTS USING DATA AVAILABLE FROM THE CLUES SYSTEM; AND (3) PROVIDE COMMENTS ON A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE DELAWARE AGENCY TO REDUCE CRIME BY THE MILFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTED FUNDS TO ESTABLISH A BURGLARY ANALYSIS UNIT TO SERVE THE VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITHIN SUSSEX COUNTY. RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE PREPARING AN INCIDENT ANALYSIS MANUAL FOR STATEWIDE DISTRIBUTION IN ORDER TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF ANALYSIS AND SOLICIT INTEREST IN PERIODIC ANALYSIS BY LOCAL DEPARTMENTS; THIS MANUAL SHOULD IDENTIFY THE LEVELS OF ANALYSIS THAT COULD BE UNDERTAKEN BY INDIVIDUAL POLICE AGENCIES, CONSISTENT WITH INFORMATION SUPPLIED AS OUTPUT BY CLUES. CRIME ANALYSIS SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED ON A JOINT, INTERAGENCY BASIS. MODIFICATIONS ARE SUGGESTED FOR THE PRESENT FORMAT OF THE CLUES REPORTS. THE SUSSEX COUNTY BURGLARY ANALYSIS UNIT SHOULD EMPLOY A SPOT-MAPPING SYSTEM FOR LOCATING BURGLARY INCIDENTS AND IDENTIFYING PATTERNS AND TRENDS. THE SPECIAL DATA COLLECTION SHEETS (BURGLARY INFORMATION FORM) SHOULD BE FILED IN THE CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT AREA ACCORDING TO LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE. APPENDIXES INCLUDE THE MILFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT BURGLARY ANALYSIS UNIT GRANT APPLICATION AND CLUES-GENERATED REPORTS. THE REPORT IS SUPPLEMENTED BY TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.