LOUISIANA - REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO THE GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE ON CRIMES CHARGED, JANUARY 1, 1973 TO DECEMBER 31, 1973

• NCJ Number: 17563
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 159 pages
• Corporate Author: Louisiana Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CONTAINS OFFENSES REPORTED, CRIMES CHARGED, AND ANNUAL CASE DISPOSITION DATA FROM ALL THE STATE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS IN LOUISIANA.

Abstract

SECTION ONE BEGINS WITH A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA BASE FOLLOWED BY TABULAR AND GRAPHIC ANALYSES PRESENTATIONS. INCLUDED ARE STATISTICAL SUMMARIZATIONS OF TOTAL OFFENSES REPORTED, TOTAL CRIMES CHARGED, VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME INDEXES, AND RANKINGS OF STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS ACCORDING TO TOTAL OFFENSES REPORTED AND CRIMES CHARGED. CONCLUDING SECTION ONE IS A BRIEF LOOK AT CRIME IN LOUISIANA AS MEASURED BY THREE MEASUREMENT CRITERIA CALLED CRIME RATE, CRIME SERIOUSNESS AND CRIME LEVEL. SECTION TWO CONTAINS AN ALPHABETICAL PARISH LISTING OF ANNUAL CASE DISPOSITION REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE BY EACH DISTRICT ATTORNEY.