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Crime in the United States contains findings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the offenses, known to law enforcement, released annually from its Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Because the FBI no longer prints these findings, Bernan Press continues to provide this practical information in convenient book form. In this intricately detailed source, legal and law enforcement professionals, researchers, and those who are just curious will find violent and property crime statistics for the nation as a whole—and for regions, states, counties, cities, towns, and even college and university campuses.Crime in the United States includes statistics for: • violent and property crimes• hate crimes• crime trends• victims, by type• crimes cleared (those closed by arrest or other means)• persons arrested (age, sex, and race)• juvenile offenders• law enforcement personnel (including the number of sworn officers killed or assaulted)• characteristics of homicides (including age, sex, and race of victims and offenders; victim-offender relationships; weapons used; and circumstances surrounding homicides) In addition to data, Crime in the United States also includes text and pertinent figures that explain the data in greater detail and supplies a visual perspective of these major offenses. Violent crimes include:• murder and non-negligent manslaughter• forcible rape• robbery• aggravated assaultProperty crimes include:• burglary• larceny-theft• motor vehicle theft• arsonHate crimes include any crime motivated by bias against:• race• religion• sexual orientation• ethnicity/national origin• and/or disabilityData include the following: offense type, location, bias motivation, victim type, number of individual victims, number of offenders, and the race of the offenders.New in 2012A section on crime trends and the rise in Internet crime, including recent high profile cyber crime and tips on protecting your personal information and credit card accounts.Some examples of information found in Crime in the United States, 2012:Nationwide, there were an estimated 1,246,248 violent crimes and 9,082,887 property crimes in 2010.The number of violent crimes has decreased for the fourth year in a row—a 6.0 percent decrease. Property crimes also decreased 2.7 percent in 2010, marking the eighth year these offenses have dropped below the previous year's total.From 2009 to 2010 crime has declined:&bu |
