Crime in the United States 2024 - Hardcover

by Shana Hertz Hattis (Editor)

Crime in the United States contains findings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the offenses known to law enforcement. This reference is the most comprehensive official compilation of crime statistics in the United States and is an important addition to your library's collection.

While the FBI no longer prints these findings, Bernan Press continues to provide this practical information in convenient book form.

In this intricately detailed source, legal and law enforcement professionals, researchers, and those who are just curious will find violent and property crime statistics for the nation as well as for regions, states, counties, cities, towns, and even college and university campuses.

Crime in the United States includes statistics for:

• Offenses known to police
• Violent crime offenses: murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault
• Property crime offenses: burglary, larcency-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson
• Clearance data: crimes solved by police or cleared by exceptional means
• Persons arrested
• Police employees: sworn officers and civilian law enforcement personnel
• Hate crimes with data by offense type, location, bias motivation, victim type, number of victims, and race of offender

Author Biography

Shana Hertz Hattis has worked as an editor and writer for over a decade. Her work has spanned the fields of hospitality, health, business, and popular culture. She earned her bachelor's degree in journalism and master's degree in education degrees from Northwestern University. Hattis's other titles for Bernan include Housing Statistics of the United States, Vital Statistics of the United States: Births, Life Expectancy, Deaths, and Selected Health Data, and State Profiles: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State.