"The time series in question are monthly data from 1960-2004, for
over 17,000 police departments, for seven crime types (murder, rape,
robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, vehicle theft), as well
as their sum (the so-called Crime Index), and an additional 19
subcategories – e.g., robbery with a gun, knife, personal weapons
(hands, feet, etc.), or other; attempted rape; auto, truck or bus, or
other vehicle theft…The data consist of monthly counts of these crimes reported by
police departments throughout the country to the FBI as part of its
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program."
The data are being made available by Michael Maltz, at Ohio State’s . Get them at . Maltz also makes some great points about the reliability and validity of self-reported crime data; go check it out.
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