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

Sourcebook of Crlmlnol Justice Statistics 1983Sources and ReferencesSo..R.CEBQOK toble:1.74This document contains the results of a continuing survey oflegislation regulating the privacy and security of criminal historyinformation in the United States. The information presented Is currentas of July 1981. It updates the results of pre\>'ious surveys conductedby the U.S. Department of Justice, Law Enforcement AssistanceAdministration in 1974 and 1977, and by the U.S. Deportment ofJustice, Bureau of Juctice Statistics in 1979.This edition contains five sections. Section one provlqes adiscussion of major findings and trends in State regulation of criminalhistory information. Section two provides definitions of the 28categories into which State laws and regulations have been classifiedand provides summory tables of the States' statutory provisions andregulations according to the classification categories. Section threediscusses four specific policy arerJS: regulatory outhority, review andchallenge, access and disseminotion, record quality and audit. Sectionfour disc')sses the impact of privacy and security regulations on accessto records for research ond statistical purposes. Section five provides.$ummary tobles as well as the full text of relevant statutes andre.gulations for each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, PuertoRico, and the Virgin Islands.When taken together this collection provides full citations andtexts of the statutes and regulations controlling privacy policies. Alsoincluded are tabular comparisons between States and across surveys.* * *U.S. Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. State CourtCaseload Statistics 1977 to 19BI. Special Report NCJ-87587.Washington, D.C.: U.S. Deportment of Justice, February 1983.Contents:8 pages, 4 tables, 2 figuresDotes of data presented:1977 and 1981Periodicity:Special5O..RCEBQOK tables:5.1-5.3This special report provides selected data on State courtcase loads for 1981 and also shows similar data for 1977 to allow forcomparisons of national case load trends. Information is presented oncivil and criminal filings in courts of general ond limited jurisdictionand appellate court filings and dispositions for 1981. Data are alsopresented on the percent change in these court activities between1977 and 1981.* * *U.S. Deportment of Justice. Criminal Division. 'Report to Congresson the Activities and Operations of the Public Integrity Section for1982." U.S. Deportment of Justice, Washington,D.C.(Mimeographed.}Contents:29 pages, 4 tablesDates of data presented:1973-82Periodicity:AnnualSo..R.CEBOOK table:5.42This report was compiled by the Public Integrity Section of theU.S. Department of Justice. It presents tabular information describingFederal prosecutions of Federal, State, and local public officials foroffenses involving abuse of public office. The number of public officialsand others i"volved who were indicted, convicted, and awaiting trial Ispresented for each year from 1973 to I 982. Additionally, the ntxnberof convictions £;f in'dividuals involved in abuse of public office isreported by judicial district.* * *U.S. Deportment of Justice. Executive Office for United StatesAttorneys. United States Attorneys' Offices: StatisticalReport Fiscal Year 1981. Washington, D.C.: U.S. GovernmentPrinting Office, 1982.Contents:77 pages, 37 tables, 14 figuresDates of data presented:Primary period: fiscal yeor 1981Trend tables: fiscal years 1972-81Periodicity:AnnualSo..R.CEBOOK figures:5.2, 5.3This annual publlcatlan Is comprised of charts, tables, andCOITIlltlntary summarizing the criminal and civil workloads in U.S.Attorneys' offices. Data are presented on civil and criminal casesflied, terminated, and pending; criminal complaints received, closed,and pending; monetary and nonmonetary civil matters received,terminated, and pending; criminal and civil trials in U.S. DistrictCourts; and number and method of disposition of criminal cases anddefendants In U.S. District Courts and U.S. Appellate Courts.Additional Information is provided on fines imposed, collected,suspended, and uncollectable; grand jury proceedings; appeals flied andterminated In U.S. Attorneys' offices; and staffing in U.S. Attorneys'offices.* * *U.S. Department of Justice. Federal Bureau af Investigation. Assaultson Federal Officers, 1981. FB I Uniform Crime Reports.Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, 1982.Contents:13 pages, 12 tables, 4 figuresDates of data presented:1977-81Periodicity:AnnualSo..R.CEBOOK tables:3.80, 3.81This report presents data on assaults on officials from fivesectors of the U.S. Government: the Department of the Interior, theDepartment of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, the judicialbranch, and the U.S. Postal Service. The report begins withdepartmental summaries and descriptive summaries of selectedincidents of assaults on Federal officers that occurred during 1981.Information about weapons used, geographic location, activity of theFederal agent, and disposition of cases is also included.* * *U.S. Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. "BankCrime Statistics, Federally Insured Financial Institutions." U.S.Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1982.(Mimeographed.)Contents:19 pages, 41 tablesDates of data presented:July I, 1981 to Dec. 31, 1981Periodicity:Semi-annualSo..R.CEBOOK table:3.78Annual data are compiled by combining the data presented intwo reports, The first report covers the period between January 1and June 30. The second report covers the period between July I andDecember 31.The first three sections of these reports present data onviolations of Federal bonk robbery statutes and the H;lbbs Act. Thedata are broken down by choracterlstlcs of the banking institutions,offenders, property loss and recovery, community characteristics,injuries sustained, and State and region of occurrence. The final twosections of the report present data on the number of bank fraud andembezzlement violations by the amount lost and by State andterritory.* * *U.S. Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of InVestigation. BombSUllmary 1982. FBI Uniform Crime Reports. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983.Cantents:21 pages, II tables, 7 figuresDates of data presented:Primary period: 1982Trend tables: 1973-82Periodicity:AnnualSo..R.CEBCX)K tables:3.89, 3.90This summary provides tables, charts, narrative descriptions, andcomments on bombing Incidents reported to the FBI. Data arepresented along such lines as type of target; region; population group;time of day; day of week; month of year; apparent motive, Includingthose incidents claimed by terrorist groups; and personal and propertydamage.* * *U.S. Department of Justice. Federol Bureau of Investigation. Crimein the United States, 1981. Woshlngton, D.C.: U.S. GovernmentPrinting Office, 1982.Contents:368 pages, 128 tables, 34 figures, 6 appendicesDotes of data presented:Primary period: 1981Trend tables: 1972-81Periodicity:AnnualSo..R.CEBCX)K tables:1.12-1.14, Fig. 1.4, 3.56-3.60, 3.62-3.77, 3.79, Fig. 3.20-Flg.3.22, Fig. 3.24, 4.1-4.17, 4.20,4.21, Fig. 4.I-Flg. 4.18This report begins with a summary of the Uniform CrimeReporting Program. Each Index offense (murder and nonnegligentmanslaughter, aggravated assault, forcible rope, robbery, burglary,larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and orson) is described Individuallyin terms of the volume and trend of offenses known to police, thenature of the offense (e.g., type of weapon used, regional distribution,or target of the offense), clearances of the offense, and personsarrested and charged. Data on Index offenses cleared by arrest arethen presented, followed by Information on persons arrested andpersons charged. The lost section of the report focuses on lowenforcement personnel.Data ore presented on offenses known to police, by State,region, size of place, and extent of urbanization. Clearance andarrest information are presented for the United States a's a whole(estimated), cities, suburban areas, and rural areas. Disposition dataare based on a limited number of reporting agencies and are presentedby offense, except for juveniles taken Into custody. The lawenforcement personnel information includes data on (I) number ofemployees, (2) law enforcement officers assaulted, and (3) lawenforcement officers killed. A profile of the officers killed and personsidentified as killing low enforcement officers is presented.The .198 I report Includes six appendices. The first appendixdescribes the data base ond construction of each of the mojor tables inthe report. Definitions of the offenses are presented in the secondappendix. In the third appendix there are definitions of populationcategories used throughout the repor'!. The fourth appendix includesgraphic presentations of quarterlY crime data for the 10-year period,1972-81, and examines basic crime trends. The fifth appendix presentsdata on the lifetime probability of murder victimIzation by age, sex,and race. The final appendix presents the index of -::rime and thenumber of index offenses known to police by Standard MetropolitanStatistical Area.* * *U.S. Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. LawEnforcement Officers Killed, 1981. FBI Uniform Crime Reports.WashIngton, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982.Contents:34 pages, 14 tables, 5 figuresDotes of data presented;Primary period: 1981Trend tables: 1972-81Periodicity:AnnualSOLRCEBOOK tables:3.82-3.86This report contains comments, tables, charts, and descriptiVesummaries on low enforcement officers feloniously killed In the line ofduty. Data are presented on geographic region; populatIon group;circumstance at the scene of the Incident; type of officer assIgnment;type of weapon used in killing the officer; location of the fatal wound;distance between the officer and offender; and the month, day, andtime of the attock. Profiles of the victim officers and the knownoffenders are included as well as a brief summary of the IncIdents bymanth and jurisdIction.U.S. Department of JUstice. Office of the Attorney General. TheAnnual Report of the Attorney General of the United States1980. WashIngton, D.C.: U.S. Government PrintIng OffIce, 1981.Contents:175 pages, 13 tables, 22 figuresDates of dota presented:Primary period: fiscal year 1980Trend tables: fiscal years 1975-80PerIodicIty:AnnuolSo..R.CEBOOK tables:5.29, 5.30This report sLmnarizes the activities of the U.S. Department ofJustice for fiscal year 1980. A review presents narrative Information,tables, and figures for the following divisions of the Department: Officeof the Deputy Attorney General; Office of the Associate AttorneyGeneral; Office of the Solicitor General; Office of Legal Counsel; Officeof Legislative Affairs; Office for Improvements in the Administration ofJustice; Office of Professional Responsibility; Justice ManagementDivision; Office of Information Law and Policy; Office of IntelligencePolicy and Review; U.S. Parole Commission; Office of the PardonAttorney; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Drug EnforcementAdministration; Criminal Division; Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys;Executive Office for U.S. Trustees; Bureau of Prisons, including FederalPrison I ndust r I es, I nc.; U.S. Marshals Service; Justice System~mprovement Act agencies (includes Office of Justice Assistance,Research, and Statistics, /\btional Institute of Justice, and Bureau ofJustice Statistics); Board of Immigration Appeals; Antitrust Division;Civil Division; Civil Rights DiVision; Tax Division; Land and /\bturalResources Division; Immigration and /\bturalization Service; CommunityRelations Service; and Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.* * *U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice andDelinquency Prevention. Children in Custody 1977-79, A Reporton the 1977 and 1979 Censuses of Public and PrivateJuvenile Detention, Correctional, and Shelter Facilities(Draft). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, 1982.Contents:See narrativeDates of dato presented:Primary period: 1977 and 1979Trend tables: 1971, 1973-75, 1977, and 1979Periodicity:AnnualSo..R.CEBOOK tables:1.43-1.48, 6.13-6.16This draft report presents data from the 1977 and 1979 censusesof public and private juvenile detention and correctional facilities.The censuses were conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for theNational Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service. Thissurvey is now under the auspices of the Office of JUVenile Justice andDelinquency Prevention. Data are presented on the characteristics ofresidents and personnel of public and private juvenile detention andcorrectional facilities on Dec. 31, 1977 and 1979; trend data arepresented for selected years 1971-79.* * *U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.Semi-Annual Report to Congress on the Effectiveness of theCivil Aviation Security Program, July I-December 31, 1982.Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1983.Contents:18 pages, II tables, 7 figuresDates of data presented:Primary period: 1982Trend tables: 1930-82Periodicity:Semi-annualSOLRCEBOOK tables:3.96-3.98These reports contain data on the threats against civil aViation,both foreign and domestic, in the forms of hijackings, airport bombings,bomb threats, and security Incidents. Also included in these reports