The Committee on Uniform Crime Records
was established in 1930 by the International
Association of Chiefs of Police. This committee
developed and initiated a voluntary national
data collection effort. To best depict
total crime and provide the most meaningful
data to police administrators, it was determined
that the Uniform Crime Reporting program
would specifically collect data on known
offenses and persons arrested by police
departments. The FBI serves as the national
clearinghouse for statistical information
on crime.
The
reporting of offenses was limited to
specific crime
classifications – crimes
that are most likely to be reported and
most likely to occur with sufficient frequency – to
provide an adequate basis for comparison.
These crimes classifications are broken
down into two (2) categories, Part I Crimes
and Part II Crimes.
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