TABULATIONS OF PROBABLE EXTENT, FLUCTUATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CRIME FOR UNITED STATES, GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION, INDIVIDUAL STATES, AND METROPOLITAN AREAS.
AN INITIAL SECTION PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE GENERAL CRIME PICTURE FOR THE UNITED STATES. THE VOLUME, TREND AND RATE OF CRIME RELATED TO CURRENT POPULATION ARE DISCUSSED IN CONTEXT WITH THE CRIME INDEX OFFENSES MURDER AND NONNEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER, FORCIBLE RAPE, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BURGLARY, LARCENY $50 AND OVER IN VALUE AND AUTO THEFT. IN ADDITION, CRIME INDEX OFFENSES ARE TREATED INDIVIDUALLY TO BETTER DELINEATE THE NATURE OF THESE CRIMINAL ACTS. ARRESTS, PERSONS CHARGED, CLEARANCES OF CRIME, POLICE EMPLOYEE DATA, POLICE KILLED, AND POLICE ASSAULTS ARE DISCUSSED. STATISTICAL DATA CONCERNING THE CRIMINAL RECIDIVISM OF PERSONS WHO HAVE AT LEAST ON ONE OCCASSION DURING THEIR CRIMINAL CAREER BECOME INVOLVED IN THE COMMISSION OF A FEDERAL OFFENSE ARE EXAMINED. IN SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS TECHNICAL DATA OF INTEREST PRIMARILY TO POLICE, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AND OTHER STUDENTS ARE PRESENTED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)