Uniform Crime Reports For The United States And Its Possessions Vol 24

Author : Federal Bureau of Investigation
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330368756
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (687 download)

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Download or read book Uniform Crime Reports, Vol. 18 written by Federal Bureau of Investigation and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Uniform Crime Reports, Vol. 18: For the United States and Its Possessions Crime Trends - Urban and Rural Crime for the first 6 months of 1947 was up 7.5 percent in the rural areas and down 2.3 percent in the cities, compared with the same period of 1946. Rapes increased 13.6 percent in the rural communities and 3.5 percent in the urban centers. Rural burglaries and larcenies rose 17.1 percent and 13.9 percent, respectively, as compared with increases of only 2.1 percent for burglaries and 1.1 percent for larcenies in the cities. Robberies showed little change, decreasing 0.3 percent in the rural areas and increasing 1.5 percent in the cities. Similarly, the rural figures for aggravated assault increased but 1.9 percent while the urban rise was 2.7 percent for these crimes. Murders and negligent manslaughters in the rural areas for the first half of 1947 were down 7.4 percent and 6.6 percent, respectively. Urban murders decreased 6.4 percent and negligent manslaughters, 10.8 percent. Auto thefts declined sharply in both the rural areas (19.0 percent) and in the urban communities (22.3 percent). Value of Property Stolen Loot of $187 was stolen in the average robbery during the first half of 1947, while the property taken in the average burglary was valued at $131. In larceny cases, the stolen property was valued at $61 per offense and the average stolen car, $733. Ninety-five percent of the stolen automobiles were recovered by the police and 24 percent of other types of property. Persons Arrested, January-June 1947 The 371,228 fingerprint arrest records received the first half of 1947 showed a 20.0 percent increase over those received during the same period of 1946. Male arrests increased 20.5 percent and females, 15.7 percent. Age 21 predominated among male arrests and age 22 among the females. Of the fingerprint arrest records received, 54.6 percent were those of repeaters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.