Uniform Crime Reports For The United States 1997

Excerpt from Uniform Crime Reports for the United States, 1997 The strength (personnel and other resources) and the aggressiveness of a jurisdiction's law enforcement agency are also key factors. While information pertaining to the number of sworn and civilian law enforce ment employees can be found in this publication, assessment of the law enforcement emphases is, of course, much more difficult. For example, one city may report more crime than a comparable one, not because there is more crime, but rather because its law enforcement agency through proactive efforts identifies more offenses. Attitudes of the citizens toward crime and their crime reporting practices, especially con cerning more minor offenses, have an impact on the volume of crimes known to police. It is incumbent upon all data users to become as well educated as possible about how to categorize and quantify the nature and extent of crime in the United States and in any of the over jurisdictions rep resented by law enforcement contributors to this Program. Valid assessments are possible only with care ful study and analysis of the various unique conditions affecting each local law enforcement jurisdiction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Witnesses: Nelba Chavez, Admin., Sub. Abuse and Mental Health Serv. Admin.; William Modzeleski, Safe and Drug Free Schools Program, U.S. DoE; Charlie Condon, att. gen., S. Carolina; Gary Walker, Nat. Dist. Att. Assoc.; Reuben Greenberg, police chief, Charleston, SC; Kevin Dwyer, Nat. Assoc. of School Psychol.; James Baker, Inst. for Leg. Action, Nat. Rifle Assoc.; Jan Gallagher, Amer. School Counselor Assoc.; Bill Hall, super., Volusia Cnty. Schools, FL; Gary Fields, super., Zion-Benton Township H.S., IL; Clarence Cain, teacher, Crisis Resource, Maury Elem. School, Alex., VA; and Anthony Snead and Jeffrey Schurott, officers, Brag Corps, George Mason Elem. School.

Criminal Justice / Law Enforcement

The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program is a nationwide, cooperative statistical effort of over 17,000 city, county, & state law enforcement agencies voluntarily reporting data on crimes. This report is the primal source for publication of the Nation's crime data. It provides a reliable set of criminal justice statistics for law enforcement administration, operation, & management. Sections include: summary; crime index offenses reported; crime index offenses cleared; persons arrested; juvenile female crime: a special study; law enforcement personnel; & appendices. Includes dozens of tables & figures.