The Source for Crime and Justice Data

Description & Citation--Study No. 7676

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

07676

Title:

Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Property Stolen and Recovered, 1966-1976

Alternate Title:

UCR

Principal Investigator(s):

United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Bibliographic Citation:

U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PROGRAM DATA [UNITED STATES]: PROPERTY STOLEN AND RECOVERED, 1966-1976. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation [producer], 1977. ICPSR07676-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-04-22. doi:10.3886/ICPSR07676.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, assault, auto theft, burglary, crime rates, crime reporting, crime statistics, homicide, larceny, law enforcement, offenses, rape, robbery, Uniform Crime Reports, violent crime, weapons offenses

Geographic Coverage:

United States

Time Period:
  • 1966--1976

Date of Collection:
  • 1966--1976

Data Types:

aggregate data

Methodology

Data Source:

police records of stolen and recovered properties

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.

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:

1984-03-18

Version History:

  • 2006-03-30 File SP7676.ALL was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

  • 2006-03-30 File SA7676.ALL was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

  • 2006-03-30 File CB7676.ALL was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

  • 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 12 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

  • 2005-04-22 The title of the collection has been updated in order to make it clear that this collection only contains Property Stolen and Recovered data.

  • 1999-05-12 SAS and SPSS setup files have been added to the collection, and OSIRIS dictionaries for the Part II (Supplements B and C) data have been removed, since the corresponding data files are not available.

Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Supplemental File A for 1966
  • DS2: Supplemental File A for 1967
  • DS3: Supplemental File A for 1968
  • DS4: Supplemental File A for 1969
  • DS5: Supplemental File A for 1970
  • DS6: Supplemental File A for 1971
  • DS7: Supplemental File A for 1972
  • DS8: Supplemental File A for 1973
  • DS9: Supplemental File A for 1974
  • DS10: Supplemental File A for 1975
  • DS11: Supplemental File A for 1976