The Source for Crime and Justice Data

Description & Citation--Study No. 4286

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

04286

Title:

Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Property Stolen and Recovered, 2003

Principal Investigator(s):

United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Bibliographic Citation:

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PROGRAM DATA [UNITED STATES]: PROPERTY STOLEN AND RECOVERED, 2003. Compiled by U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. ICPSR04286-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2005-08-24. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04286.v1

Series:

Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data Series

Scope of Study

Summary:

Since 1930, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has compiled the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) to serve as periodic nationwide assessments of reported crimes not available elsewhere in the criminal justice system. Law enforcement agencies contribute reports either directly or through their state reporting programs. Each year, this information is reported in four types of files: (1) Offenses Known and Clearances by Arrest, (2) Property Stolen and Recovered, (3) Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR), and (4) Police Employee (LEOKA) Data. The Property Stolen and Recovered data are collected on a monthly basis by all UCR contributing agencies. These data, aggregated at the agency level, report on the nature of the crime, the monetary value of the property stolen, and the type of property stolen. Similar information regarding recovered property is also included in the data.

Subject Terms:

arrests, crime rates, crime reporting, crime statistics, larceny, law enforcement, offenses, property crimes, property crime statistics, stolen property, stolen property recovery, Uniform Crime Reports

Geographic Coverage:

United States

Time Period:
  • 2003

Date of Collection:
  • 2003

Universe:

Property crimes reported by law enforcement agencies in the United States.

Data Types:

aggregate data

Data Collection Notes:

UCR data for the years 1975-1997 can be found in UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PROGRAM DATA [UNITED STATES]: 1975-1997 (ICPSR 9028). Starting with the 1998 data, each of the four types of UCR data files archived by ICPSR receives its own study number for each year.

Methodology

Mode of Data Collection:

self-enumerated questionnaire

Extent of Processing:

All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Performed consistency checks.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Access and Availability

Note:

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:

2005-08-24