Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 19!13~ Table 3.100 Reports of offenses against railroads, by offense, United States andCanada, 1978-82~f'.OTE:Data In this table are compiled from monthly statistical reports of railroad police.Offense 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982Number of rail carriers reporting 36 34 33 30 28Percent of Lklited States and Canadianrail mi leage represented 74.3 73.4 78.7 78.3 71l.0Theft:Theft from freight cars 10,302 11,217 8,915 7,503 5,064Theft from trailers 6,856 6,973 4,386 3,874 4,094Theft of entire trailer 46 64 91 73 91Theft from multi-level carrier 9,476 7,7'd7 4,538 3,681 2,439Theft of copper wire 909 1,659 3,379 2,647 1,186Theft of brass 232 256 443 431 261Theft of other company property 8,123 9,666 II ,471 11,131 9,051Burglary of buildings 1,931 2,079 2,342 2,241 2,019Other theft 2,393 3,122 3,333 3,6% 3,357Vandalism:Multi-level carriers 29,87'd 2:.1,488 13,442 II ,053 6,526Company property and equipment 5,096 5,549 5,745 5,463 4,963Track and signals 5,823 5,71l'd 5,947 5,243 4,872Switch tampering 1,718 1,446 1,228 1,056 986Track obstructions 7,695 7,329 7,1'i.7 7,834 6,434Stoning of trains 9,009 8,262 7,86B 8,826 7,056Shooting of trains 757 777 802 624 425Other vandalism 2,947 2,574 2,043 1,771 1,427Trespassin~ 371,971 439,678 450,825 489,193 541,310Criminal offenses not listed above 8,195 9,632 11,493 12,718 12,663Total 483,357 546,346 545,418 579,058 614,224?o~rce: Tabl~ adapt~d by SOURCEBOOK stoff from tables provided by theAssoclafion of American Railroads, Safety and Special Services Division.U,I!I\\\~.'\1III ,IIJ,IIIk!, lI1II I1!\1I,LI', I\'! 'LI '[ iI ,I II ,\\"iIj( 1 ;liIiI I:iiII,I11h I,I)-II'[Ii\III'Ii IIiSection 4:OiARACTERISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS ARRESTEDMost of the data presented in this sectionhave been compiled through the Federal Bureauof Investigation's Uniform Crime ReportingProgram. The sunmary statistics collected bythe FB I on arrests involve--for each offenseclassification--breakdowli by the age, sex, andrace of arrestees, as well as arrest rates forpopulation size groups. In 1981, policeagencies representing approximately 97 percentof the Nation's population reported arrest datato the FB I. On each arrest table, the numberof police agencies reporting and the populationliving within the jurisdictions of these agenciesare reported.According to the Uniform CrimeReporting guidelines, an arrest is counted"each time an individual is taken into custodyfor committing a specific crime .."(If theoffender taken into custody is a juvenile andthe circumstances are such that if Ihe/she werean adult an arrest would be made, an arrest iscounted.) The same person may be arrestedseveral 'times in the course of a year. Thus,the number of arrests is not simply a measureof people arrested.The number of arrests made by the policeis an indicator of police activity. However,because the police are called upon to performa number of functions, the number of arrests______, "0.measures only one aspect of police activity.Another indicator presented by the UniformCrime Reporting Program for each offense isthe "clearance rate"--that is, the ratio of thenumber of offenses of that type for which atleast one person has been arrested, charged,and turned over to the court for prosecution,to the number of offenses of that type knownto the police. Measures of other policeactivity, such as investigations and servicecalls made by the police, are unavai lable atthe national level.Statistical data for some law enforcementactivities under the jurisdiction of Federalagencies (Immigration and NaturalizationService, Secret Service, Coast Guard, CustomsService, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco andFirearms, and Drug EnforcementAdministration) are maintained by theseagene i es and have been included in thissecti