The Uniform Crime Reports -Part 1 offenses

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The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is an annual FBI publication that summarizes

the incident and crime rate of reported crimes throughout the United States. The UCR

Program was designed to permit comparison over time through construction of a Crime

Index. The Crime Index is an inclusive measure of the violent and property crime

categories of the UCR. The Uniform Crime Reports also include information on what the

FBI calls Part 1 Offenses. These offenses are also called major crimes.

Part 1 offenses or major crimes are (1) murder, (2) rape, (3) robbery, (4) aggravated

assault, (5) burglary, (6) larceny, (7) motor vehicle theft, (8) arson.

Murder is the defined as the unlawful killing of a human being. This definition

may include 1st and 2nd degree murder and manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter and

other similar kinds of offenses. Murder is the smallest numerical category in the Part 1

offenses. Over the years murder offenses have shown the highest clearance of any crime

index.

The second offense Rape is defined as the unlawful sexual intercourse, achieved

through force and without legal consent. The Uniform Crime Reports define forcible rape

as "the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will". Forcible rape is the

least reported of all violent crimes.

The third offense is Robbery. It is defined as the unlawful taking or attempted

taking of property that is in immediate possession of another, by force or the threat of

force. Robbery is sometimes confused with burglary. Armed robbery differs from

unarmed robbery or strong-armed robbery with regard to the presence of a weapon.

Aggravated assault is the forth offense that is classified in the Part 1 offenses.

There are two types of assault, aggravated and simple. Assault is the unlawful, intentional

inflicting, or attempted or threatened inflicting, of injury upon the...