The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been the starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation. The program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet the need for reliable uniform crime statistics for the nation. In 1930, the FBI was tasked with collecting, publishing, and archiving those statistics.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics also collects and disseminates statistics on the criminal justice system of the United States.
In this guide, you will learn more about the statistics from these programs available in Data Planet.
Datasets in Data Planet offers multiple export options and displays infographics complete with statistical abstracts and citations that can be used in your own work products and papers.
For more information, please visit the Data Planet: User Guide.
There are numerous ways to explore datasets on criminal justice in Data Planet. In this section, we'll guide you through two ways:
You can also browse by source—click on the "Source" tab in the middle to begin. Then you can either filter down to a specific source by letter (as pictured below), by clicking on the letter "F." Almost instantly you'll see the list of sources narrowed down to those that begin with the letter "F" and lo and behold, "Federal Bureau of Investigation" is right there!
Another way to browse by source is by typing the source name directly into the textbox provided (appears below the filter-by-letter feature).
Similar to browsing by subject on the Datasets page, you can also browse by source in the same way!
For a full listing of time series available in Data Planet, and the sources of these time series, see Data Planet Datasets and Sources. For information on how datasets are selected for inclusion in Data Planet, please see the Data Planet Coverage Policy.
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