Uniform Crime Reports [United States], 1930-1959 (ICPSR 3666)

Version Date: Jun 19, 2003

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United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03666.v1

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Summary

This collection contains electronic versions of the Uniform Crime Reports publications for the early years of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program in the United States. The reports, which were published monthly from 1930 to 1931, quarterly from 1932 to 1940, and annually from 1941 to 1959, consist of tables showing the number of offenses known to the police as reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by contributing police departments. The term "offenses known to the police" includes those crimes designated as Part I classes of the Uniform Classification code occurring within the police jurisdiction, whether they became known to the police through reports of police officers, citizens, prosecuting or court officials, or otherwise. They were confined to the following group of seven classes of grave offenses, historically those offenses most often and most completely reported to the police: felonious homicide, including murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, and manslaughter by negligence, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary -- breaking and entering, and larceny -- theft (including thefts $50 and over, and thefts under $50, and auto theft). The figures also included the number of attempted crimes in the designated classes excepting attempted murders classed as aggravated assaults. In other words, an attempted burglary or robbery, for example, was reported in the same manner as if the crimes had been completed. "Offenses known to the police" included, therefore, all of the above offenses, including attempts, which were reported by the police departments and not merely arrests or cleared cases.

Citation

United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Uniform Crime Reports [United States], 1930-1959. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2003-06-19. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03666.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics

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Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1930 -- 1959

Date of Collection

1930 -- 1959

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) This collection consists of data and documentation combined in the same files. The collection is provided as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.

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Data Source

United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Original Release Date

2003-06-19

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Uniform Crime Reports [United States], 1930-1959. ICPSR03666-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2003. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03666.v1
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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.