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CRIVE STzTISTICS FUNCTIONS In accordance with en Act of Congress epproved June 11, 1930, © the Division of Investigation begen the compilation of uniform crime A statistics. The collection of such crime deta hed been initiated by the wy Comaittee on Uniform Crime Records of the Internetionel Association of . CSE. Chiefs of Police in Januery of that yeur in response to a long-felt aan need for comparable crime ststistics on e netion-wide scsle. The system of uniform erine reporting includes monthly end ennucl reports of offenses knom end offenses cleered by arrest and én annuel report of the number of persons cherged, i.e., held for pros- ecution, by the volice. This Division provides the necessary return forms and telly sheets, end return envelopes which recuire no vostaze. There is ulso aveileble for distribution to interested lav-enforcenent egencies the Manuel, "Unifora Crine Repcrting," which includes detailed instructions with reference to the preparation of the crime reports, and in eddition describe= end illustrztes the police record forns vhich, if meintuined, will acke availeble the data desired in the monthly and ennuel crine returns submitted to the Division. In order to supvleient the stutistics obtained froa tae records described ebove, the Division pertodically uxkes tabulations of data frou the fingerorint cards currently received fron lav-enforcerent officials turoughout the country. The inforaation tabulated fron these records >ertains ‘erticulerl; to the age and previous crininsl history of persons srrested end fingerprinted. This iafornation, together with the data obtuined from the uniform crime reports, is published in a cuerterly bulletin which is msiled to ell interested law-enforcenent officiels, as well as others iuving a special interest in statistics of this cheracter. Due in no snell seasure to the cooperation of police desart— ments znd other sinilar azencies taroughout the country the oroject of. collecting unifors crime reports has shor continued progress during the past three ;e:rs.- In 1330 monthly returns vere received fron 1,127. cities, representiag a totel poouletion of 45,929,965; in 1931 returns were received fron 1,511 cities, representing e totel po»ouletion of . 51,145,754; during 1932 there vere 1,573 cities, with an ezzrerate pasu- tetion of 53,212,230, and during the calendar yecr 6 1933 there were 1,658 cities, vith a total populetion of 62,357,262, which contrib- uted the crine resorts. 4 sejority of the larger cities throughout the country send tiese rerorts rozulzrly to the Division. Any luvw-enforce- acat officisls rno are not now. contributing such renorts are invited to do so, und the neces ary blank forms aay be obtzined without, cost from this Division. 13