Uniform Crime Reporting LISA WEAVER-JOHNSON CJIS ANALYST SUPERVISOR
Plans & Program Development Training Ieasha Redditt- 404.695.1409 Anita Williams - 404.788.1445 Kimberly Tarver 404.309.3021 Unassigned Unassigned Josh Baker - 404.370.2138 Patrisha Wilson - 404.615.3982 LaTonya DeBruce- Manager 404.309.6537
UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING
UCR Overview IS GEORGIA S FUTURE
NIBRS QUICK FACTS 24 Offense Categories 52 Group A Offenses 10 Group B Offenses 58 Data Elements Offense Categories Crime Against Person Crime Against Property Crime Against Society No Hierarchy Rule UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING 06/16
UCR Thinking Law Enforcement Charges Details UCR Statistics Summaries
What is Uniform Crime Reporting? A city, state, county and federal law enforcement program Data is submitted to either a state program or directly to the national program UCR captures statistical data only
Uniform Crime Reporting Requirement State Law Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) GCIC Council Rules
What is the Purpose of Uniform Crime Reporting? It produces a nationwide view of crime based upon statistics It allows for publication of the statistics that are collected
What s it Used For? GCIC publishes Crime in Georgia FBI publishes CRIME IN THE U.S. Other Publications containing stats Law enforcement officers killed and assaulted, bombing incidents, hate crimes Applying for grant funding
FBI s Crime Data Collection and Reporting Systems Agencies use one of two types of UCR data collection systems Summary Reporting System(SRS) or National Incident Based Reporting (NIBRS) Crime Data Reporting
State Program Submissions Web Submissions OR File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Jurisdiction The purpose of establishing appropriate jurisdiction is to depict the nature and volume of crime in a particular community.
Overlapping Jurisdiction To ensure that data (offense or arrest) are not reported by multiple agencies, the following guidelines must be adhered to: 1. Local, county, state, tribal, and federal agencies should report offenses and arrests for offenses only committed within their jurisdictions. 2. When two or more agencies are involved in the investigation of the same offense, the agency with investigative jurisdiction based on local, county, state, tribal, and federal law and/or applicable interagency agreements or memorandums of understanding should report the offense. The agencies must agree on which agency should report the offense.
Overlapping Jurisdiction 3. The recovery of property should be reported only by the agency who first reported it missing and/or stolen regardless of which agency recovered it. As a rule, cities having their own police departments report their own crime data. However, smaller locales may combine their crime data with larger agencies. This is what the FBI refers to as a covered by status.
What & When to Report By the 5 th working day of the month, agencies should be submitting: Totals for Part I Offenses Arrest information on Part I & Part II Offenses LEOKA Reports Cargo Theft Family Violence Reports
Criminal Homicide Part I Offenses Larceny Theft Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Burglary Motor Vehicle Theft Arson Human Trafficking- Commercial Sex Acts Human Trafficking- Involuntary Servitude
Criminal Homicide Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter Justifiable Homicide Manslaughter by Negligence
Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Murder and non-negligent manslaughter are considered as the willful (non-negligent) killing of one person by another.
Justifiable Homicide Justifiable homicide is defined as the killing of a felon by a police officer in the line of duty or the killing of a felon during the commission of a felony by a private citizen.
Manslaughter by Negligence The killing of another person through gross negligence. Gross negligence is a conscious and voluntary disregard of the need to use reasonable care, which is likely to cause foreseeable grave injury or harm to persons, property, or both.
Rape Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.
Classifications of Rape Rape Completed Attempts to Commit Rape Historical Rape
Robbery Definition The taking or attempted taking of anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
Aggravated Assault An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
Other Assaults- Simple, Not Aggravated Includes all assaults which do not involve the use of a firearm, knife cutting instrument, or other dangerous weapon and in which the victim did not sustain serious or aggravated injury. Simple assault is not a part I offense. It is a part II offense, but is collected as a quality control matter and for the purpose of looking at total assault violence.
Burglary Definition The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. Forcible Entry Unlawful Entry Attempted Forcible Entry
Larceny Theft Definition The unlawful taking, carrying, leading or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Pocket-picking Purse-snatching Shoplifting
Larceny Theft Subcategories Thefts from motor vehicles Theft of motor vehicle parts and accessories Theft of Bicycles Theft From Buildings Theft From Coin-operated Device or machine All Other
Motor Vehicle Theft The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. Autos Trucks and Buses Other Vehicles
Arson Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc
Property Classifications of Arson Structural Mobile Other
Human Trafficking: Commercial Sex Acts Inducing a person by force, fraud, or coercion to participate in commercial sex acts, or in which the person induced to perform such act(s) has not attained 18 years of age.
Human Trafficking: Involuntary Servitude The obtaining of a person(s) through recruitment, harboring, transportation, or provision, and subjecting such persons by force, fraud, or coercion into involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery (not to include commercial sex acts).
Classifying Determining the proper crime categories in which to report offenses. The offense s classification is based on the facts of an agency s investigation of crimes.
SCORING Counting the number of offenses after they have been classified and entering the total count on the appropriate reporting form.
Scoring- Crimes Against Persons One offense is scored for each individual. Criminal Homicide Rape Assault & Aggravated Assault Human Trafficking
Scoring- Crimes Against Property One offense is scored for each distinct operation or attempt. Robbery Burglary Larceny Theft Motor Vehicle Theft Arson
Scoring Exceptions An exception to the scoring of crimes against property (one offense per distinct operation or attempt) involves the offense of theft of motor vehicles. In the theft of motor vehicles, one offense is counted for each stolen motor vehicle and one offense for each attempt to steal a motor vehicle.
Hotel-Motel Rule When multiple burglaries occur in hotels, motels, lodging houses or other places where lodging of transients is the main purpose, these incidents would be reported as a single offense. College and university dorm rooms would not be classified in this exception
Hierarchy Rule When more than one part I offense is classified, the law enforcement agency must locate the offense that is highest on the hierarchy list and score that offense and not the other offense in a multiple offense situation.
Exceptions to the Hierarchy Rule The following crimes are always reported no matter what other offenses have been committed: Justifiable Homicide Motor Vehicle Theft Arson Human Trafficking Commercial Sex Acts Human Trafficking Involuntary Servitude.
Separation of Time and Place A scoring practice that stipulates if there is a separation of time and place between the commission of several crimes, the reporting agency must handle each crime as a separate incident and must classify and score each offense.
Unfounded Complaints An offense may be unfounded if it is later determined to be false or baseless. Part I Offenses are recorded and then scored as unfounded on the Return A.
Clearances An offense may be cleared in two ways: Cleared by Arrest Cleared by Exceptional Means
Clearances by Arrest An offense is cleared by arrest or solved for crime reporting purposes when: At least one person is Arrested, Charged, and Turned over to court for prosecution.
Clearances by Arrest Several crimes may be cleared by the arrest of one person. When one person is arrested for a crime, that arrest clears the offense. If other persons involved in the crime are arrested at a later date, the agency must not record another clearance.
Clearances by Exceptional Means A clearance in which some element beyond law enforcement control prevents filing of formal charges against the offender.
Examples of Clearances by Exceptional Means Suicide of the Offender Double Murder Deathbed Confessions Offender killed by police or citizen Confession by Offender already in custody, etc.
Return A Core Document Part I No. of Offenses captured Column 1 Column 6 Checkboxes Negative Reports
Return A
Supplement to Return A All agencies reporting data to the UCR Program are asked to prepare this form that details the nature of crime and the type and value of property stolen and recovered.
Supplement to Return A
Valuation of Property The determination of the value of the property stolen is the obligation of the investigating officer. Use fair market value Use cost to merchant Use the victim s evaluation Use replacement cost Use common sense
Non-Negotiable Instruments The theft of nonnegotiable instruments should be scored with the value recorded as $1. Traveler s Checks Personal Checks (Not endorsed) Stocks Bonds Food Stamps Money Orders
Negotiable Instruments Negotiable instruments are recorded at current market value. Values must be rounded to the nearest whole dollar Bearer Bonds Currency Bearer Bonds
Supplement to Return A Property Stolen By Classification Upper part requires the number of actual offenses for a given month and the monetary value of property stolen for six of the UCR classifications. Lower part requires an additional analysis of larceny theft and motor vehicle theft
Property Stolen by Classification
Part II Offenses Only submitted when an arrest has occurred
Other assaults Forgery/Counterfeiting Fraud Embezzlement Stolen property Vandalism Weapons Prostitution and commercialized vice Part II Offenses Sex offenses Drug abuse violations Gambling Offenses against the family and children DUI Liquor law violations Drunkenness
Part II Offenses Disorderly Conduct Vagrancy All other Offenses Suspicion Curfew and Loitering Laws (Under 18) Runaways (Under 18) Promoting Prostitution Purchasing Prostitution
Age, Sex, and Race of Persons Arrested Provides a record of total number of persons arrested, cited or summoned from criminal acts Part I and Part II crimes are included Purpose to record total number of persons arrested, cited or summoned Recording Age, Sex and Race Designations
Age, Sex, Race of Persons Arrested Under Age 18 (Seven age groups) Includes Disposition of Juveniles Curfew and Loitering Violations and Runaways are offenses in this category only Age 18 and Over (16 age groups)
Age, Sex, Race of Persons Arrested Under 18 and 18 and Over Both forms track: Age grouping Type of offense (Part I and II offenses) Race Sex Under 18 Also includes disposition of juveniles r
Law Enforcement Disposition of Juveniles Five Categories: Handled within department and released Referred to juvenile court or probation department Referred to welfare agency Referred to other police agency Referred to criminal or adult court
Supplemental Homicide Report (S.H.R.) It is a monthly report that provides additional information regarding: Victim Offender Relationship between victim and offender Weapon used Circumstances of each homicide
Arson Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without attempt to defraud, a dwelling, house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc. These offenses should be reported on the arson form.
Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted (L.E.O.K.A) Reports line-of-duty Felonious or accidental killings Felonious or accidental assaults Officers Killed By felonious act By accident or negligence
Cargo Theft Attempted cargo theft is not collected.
FAMILY VIOLENCE REPORTS Must be submitted on a monthly basis Family Violence Incidents may be submitted daily Zero report if none to report
Quarterly Hate Crime Reports Separate from routine UCR submission Submitted online monthly Used to report all crimes when it has been determined that the crimes occurred and are bias-motivated, regardless of arrest Hate Crime Reporting Guidelines The UCR hierarchy does not apply
Hate Crimes The collection of new biases began January 1, 2015. The additional religion biases/codes include: 28-Anti-Mormon 29-Anti-Jehovah s Witness 81-Anti-Eastern Orthodox (Greek, Russian, etc.) 82-Anti-Other Christian 83-Anti-Buddhist 84-Anti-Hindu 85-Anti-Sikh
Revised category title: Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry These biases/codes will include: 13-Anti-American Indian or Alaska Native 31-Anti-Arab 14-Anti-Asian (New) 12-Anti-Black or African American 32-Anti-Hispanic or Latino 15-Anti-Multiple Races, Group 16-Anti-Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 33-Anti-Other Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry (Label change) 11-Anti-White
Law Enforcement Employees Report Annually submitted to provide a count of employees on payroll as of October 31 st of each year Tracks total number of full-time officers and civilians The number of civilian employees must include clerks, dispatchers, meter attendants, stenographers, jailers, correctional officers, and mechanics if they are full time employees of the agency.
Reminders: Larceny, motor vehicle theft, and robbery must have monetary amounts Robbery, assaults, rape, and homicides must have weapon type You should always have more simple assaults than aggravated assaults If no hate crimes to report, you must submit a zero report
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Information Email questions to: ucrweb@gbi.ga.gov User ID/password request form is available on the GCIC website (http://gcicweb.gbi.state.ga.us/index.php) under the programs tab.
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