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WASHINGTON STATE UNIFORM CRIME REPORT, 1970

NCJ Number
2402
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1971
Length
10 pages
Annotation
CRIME RATES FOR WASHINGTON ARE COMPARED WITH RATES IN OTHER PACIFIC COAST STATES, OTHER STATES HAVING APPROXIMATELY THE SAME POPULATION AS WASHINGTON.
Abstract
DATA WERE EXTRACTED FROM THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS PUBLISHED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. INTERPRETATION OF DATA PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT IS NOT STRAIGHT FORWARD. TOTAL CRIMES (AND /OR CRIME RATES) REPORTED ARE NOT THE TOTALS OF ALL CRIMES COMMITTED. THEY ARE THE TOTALS (AND/OR CRIME RATES) OF SEVEN INDEX CRIMES ON WHICH DATA IS REPORTED TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING AGENCIES STATISTICS. STATISTICAL DATA INCLUDED. (AUTHOR MODIFIED)