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SOC 5490: Crime, Desistance, and Reentry (Prof. Annika Anderson): Uniform Crime Reporting

This guide will help you complete your assignments for SOC 5490. Thank you to Lorena O'English (Washington State University) for sharing this guide template and much of the content.

Uniform Crime Reporting

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program from the FBI generates statistics about crime and law enforcement in the United States. In 2020, the UCR changed from a yearly publication to a database format, the Crime Data Explorer, that includes a variety of searchable crime data. 

Magic Formula!

Computing Crimes per Population Unit:              

Divide:

# crimes * population unit (i.e. 1000)

by:

# total population

To Equal:

Crimes per population unit (pop. unit should be appropriate for the population size)

Be sure to include the statistic measured and the population unit used in the answer, e.g. 13 violent crimes per 1000 population [people] at CSUSB

Part 1 Crimes:

Violent Crimes         +          Property Crimes

Murder                                 Burglary

Rape                                    Larceny-Theft

Robbery                               Motor Vehicle Theft

Aggrav. Assault                    Arson

           

Human Trafficking, Commercial Sex Acts

Human Trafficking, Involuntary Servitude

National Incident-Based Reporting System