CAPER DATA BOOK, 1971 (SAN JOSE CRIME REPORTS)

• NCJ Number: 10921
• Author(s): M K HOWARD
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 160 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-70-023; 72-NI-09-0001
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: American Justice Institute
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: SANTA CLARA CRIMINAL JUSTICE PILOT PROGRAM

Annotation

STATISTICS INDICATING THE NUMBER OF CRIMES REPORTED, IN SELECTED CRIME CATEGORIES, TO THE SAN JOSE POLICE DEPT. DURING 1971, FOR EACH CENSUS TRACT.

Abstract

THE CAPER DATA BOOK WAS COMPILED TO SERVE AS A REFERENCE DOCUMENT FOR CRIME CONTROL PLANNERS, BY PROVIDING DATA NEEDED FOR CRIME ANALYSIS, PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH. 'FIGURES REFLECTING CRIME TRENDS OVER THE YEAR ARE PRESENTED FOR ROBBERY, ASSAULT, BURGLARY, THEFT, PETTY THEFT, FORGERY, AND DISTURBING THE PEACE AND MISCHIEF'. OTHER STATISTICS INDICATE THE NUMBER OF RAPES, AND OTHER SEX OFFENSES. 'SUMMARY TABLES ARE PRESENTED FOR FELONY CRIME REPORTS AND FOR MISDEMEANOR CRIME REPORTS. APPENDICES CONTAIN CAPER DESCRIPTOR CODES, A DISCUSSION OF GEOCODING, A BCS OFFENSE CODE LIST, AND A TABLE SHOWING POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS BY CENSUS TRACT'. ALSO INCLUDED ARE OFFENSE FREQUENCIES USED IN THE FIGURES OF CRIME TRENDS AND AN EXPLANATION OF THE METHOD USED TO GENERATE THE SIGNALS SHOWN IN THE FIGURES OF CRIME TRENDS'. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)