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2001 Summary Report
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
Georgia Crime Information Center
Georgia's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is derived from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's national program. Utilizing standard definitions and procedures established by the national program, crime data on the number of serious criminal offenses reported to or investigated by law enforcement and the number of arrests for all crimes are collected from law enforcement agencies. This data can then be used to portray crime in Georgia as well as used for comparisons throughout the State and United States.
UCR data presented in this annual report is compiled directly from summary offense and arrest reports submitted from Georgia's law enforcement agencies. Data presented does not include estimates for incidents or arrests that might have occurred but are not reported.
Also included in this report is the annual report on Family Violence crime. Data includes the number of incidents and arrests involving family violence as reported to or investigated by law enforcement. Family Violence is defined as the occurrence of one of more of the following acts between past or present spouses, persons who are parents of the same child, parents and children, stepparents and stepchildren, foster parents and foster children, or other persons living or formerly living in the same household:
(1) Any felony; or
(2) Commission of offenses of battery, simple battery, simple assault, assault, criminal damage to property, unlawful restraint, or criminal trespass.
The term Family Violence shall not be deemed to include reasonable discipline administered by a parent to a child in the form of corporal punishment, restraint or detention.
In addition to reporting the criminal offense and arrest to the UCR program, Georgia law enforcement agencies are mandated to submit separate incident reports when those crimes or arrests involve Family Violence.
The 2001 report reflects statistics based on local agency submissions from 1997-2001.
The UCR and Family Violence data presented in this report, as well as additional data compiled for the UCR program can be retrieved for special purpose reports upon request. You may contact the UCR program at (404) 244-2880 or fax your inquiries to (404) 244-2743.
Milton E. Nix, Jr. Director, G.B.I.
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3/16/2004