| Documentation: | UCR Crime Data 2014 |
you are here:
choose a survey
survey
document
chapter
Publisher: ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research); U.S. Census Bureau
Survey: UCR Crime Data 2014
| Document: | Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: County-Level Detailed Arrest and Offense Data, 2014: Codebook |
| citation: | Social Explorer; Crime Data 2014: Technical Documentation |
Chapter Contents
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: County-Level Detailed Arrest and Offense Data, 2014: Codebook
Data Collection Methodology
Time Method: cross-section Data Collector: United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation Frequency of Data Collection: monthly Mode of Data Collection: self-enumerated questionnaire Characteristics of Data Collection Situation: The data for county-level detailed arrests and offenses are submitted voluntarily by city, county, and state law enforcement agencies. Some agencies receive forms directly from the FBI and return them directly to the FBI. Many others receive forms from state collecting programs and return these forms to those programs. The state programs, in turn, forward the reports to the FBI. Reports are sent out and collected on a monthly basis. Control Operations: Once received, the FBI checks the agencies' reports for completeness and arithmetical accuracy. If an unusual fluctuation is detected in an agency's crime count, the FBI compares those counts with counts from previous reports or compares the frequencies to those of agencies similar to the agency in question. When necessary, law enforcement agencies are contacted to correct or explain the figures.Dataset Availability
Location: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social ResearchData Use Statement:
Citation Requirement: Publications based on ICPSR data collections should acknowledge those sources by means of bibliographic citations. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for social science bibliographic utilities, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. Deposit Requirement: To provide funding agencies with essential information about use of archival resources and to facilitate the exchange of information about ICPSR participants' research activities, users of ICPSR data are requested to send to ICPSR bibliographic citations for each completed manuscript or thesis abstract. Visit the ICPSR Web site for more information on submitting citations.
