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

Characteristics and Distribution of Persons ArrestedTable 4.1 Estimated number of arrests,a by offense charged, United States,1981f\OTE: These data were compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation through theUniform Crime Reporting Program. On a monthly basis, low enforcement agenciesreport the number of offenses that become known to them in the following crimecategories: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, manslaughter by negligence,forcible rope, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, andorson. All of these crime categories, except manslaughter by negligence, are usedto establish a crime Index in order to measure the trend and distribution of crimein the United States. The "Totai Crime Index" is a simpie sum of the indexoffenses. Arson was designated as a Part I Index offense in October 1978. Unl;kethe table~ from Crime in the U,ited States presented in Sectian 3, arrest statisticsfar the crime of orson are complete for 1979 and appear in the "Total Crime Index"and ''Property crime" total.Arrest statistics are compiled as port of this manthly data collection effort.Participating low enforcement agencies are instructed to count one arrest eachtime a person is token into custody, notified, or cited for criminal infractions otherthan traffic violations. Annual arrest figures do not measure the number ofindividuals token Into custody because one person may be arrested several timesduring the year for the some type of offense or for different offenses. A juvenile iscounted as a person arrested when he/ she comnits on oct that would be a criminaloffense if comnitted by on adult. Two offense categories, "curfew and loitering"and "runaway," are tabulated only for juveniles. Violations of local juvenile actsother than runaway and curfew and loitering low violations are included in the "allother" classification (U.S. Deportment of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation,Uniform Crime Reyorting Handbook (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government PrintingOffice, 1978), p. 72 •Data in this table are estimates based on arrest statistics for all lowenforcemeht agencies in the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, including thosesubmitting reports for less than i2 manths in 19111 (Source, p. 314).For definitions of offenses, see Appendix 2.Pffense charged10,840,000Murder and nonnegligent manslaughterForcible rapeRobberyAggravated assaultBurglaryLarceny-theftMotor vehicle theftArson21,59031,710153,a~0283,270518,9001,261,600129,20020,600Violent crime c dProperty crimeTotal Crime Index e490,4601,930,3002,42U,800Other assaultsForgery and counterfeitingFraudEmbezzlementStolen property; buying, receiVing, possessingVandalismWeapons; carrying, possessing, etc.Prostitution and commercialized viceSex offenses (except forcible rope and prostitution)Drug abuse violationsOpium or cocaine and their derivativesMarihuanaSynthetic or manufactured drugsOther--dangerous nonnarcotic drugsGomblingBookmakingi'trmbers and lotteryAll other gamblingOffenses agClinst family and childrenDriving under the InfluenceLiquor lawsDrunkennessDisorderly conductVagrancyAll other offenses (except traffic)Suspicion (not included In total)Curfew and loitering low violationsRunaways494,20086,600295,1008,700129,5UO242,600179,700106,60072,000559,90072,100400,30020,00067,50040,7003,3005,60031,7UO56,5001,531,400483,5001,155,400787,10033,0001,908,70016,20094,800153,300"4Ia Arrest totals based on all reporting agencies and estimates for unreportedareas b Because of rounding, items may not odd to totals.cViole'1t crimes are offenses of murder, forcible rope, robbery, and aggravatedassaul,l."Property crimes are offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft,and a&~~~iudes orson.\Preceding page blankSource: U.S. Deportment of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crimein the U,ited States, 1981 (Washington, D.C.: U,S. Government Printing oTfi'Ce;1982), p. 162.415