Arson statistics.According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. statistics released by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR (Under Color Removal) A method for reducing the amount of printing ink used. It substitutes black for gray color (equal amounts of cyan, magenta and yellow). Thus black ink is used instead of the three CMY inks. See GCR and dot gain. ) Program in its annual publication, Crime in the United States Crime in the United States is characterized by relatively high levels of gun violence and homicide, compared to other developed countries although this is explained by the fact that criminals in America are more likely to use firearms. , 2002, law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). reported a total of 74,921 arson arson, at common law, the malicious and willful burning of the house of another. Originally, it was an offense against the security of habitation rather than against property rights. offenses during 2002. According to available supplemental data, the average dollar loss was $11,253. By property type, the average loss for structural property destroyed by arson was $20,818, the figure for mobile property was $6,073, and the average for other property types was $2,536. Law enforcement agencies collectively cleared 16.5 percent of arsons. Forty-three percent cleared in 2002 involved juvenile offenders. Nearly half (49.4 percent) of arson arrestees were under age 18. Overall, 67.8 percent were under age 25. Males comprised 84.8 percent of persons arrested for arson; of these, 51.7 percent were under the age of 18. Thirty-seven percent of the female arrestees were under age 18. The complete report is available online at http://www.fbi.gov. |
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