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In West Virginia If you have issues viewing or accessing this file, please contact us at NCJRS.gov. ....." ' " 0 IN WEST VIRGINIA 1977 , ~, .. • • . • \ \ ! -eu· .• : i"-- : .... ~! • • !; u ~ e .: --! I UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS I I I STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA I I -I Annual Report January-December, 1977 I I I I I I I I - Compiled By West Virginia Department of Public Safety Uniform Crime Reporting Section I South Charleston, West Virginia I I I I DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY I (West Virginia State Police) I June, 1979 I I The Honorable John D. Rockefeller, IV Governor - State of West Virginia Capitol Building I Charleston, West Virginia 25305 I Dear Governor Rockefeller, I In accordance with Chapter is, Article 2, Section 24i of the Code of West Virginia, the Department of Public Safety respectfully submits its sixth annual report on crime in West Virginia. Information contained herein is based on statistics submitted to this Department on a daily, monthly, and annulil basis by law enforcement agencies within I West Virginia for the year of 1977. This report has bee~ ;Jrepared so as to provide reliable and comprehensive data to the criminal justice com ... i.lnity. The graphic and statistical representation of the various I crime factors should prove of assistance to law enforcement personnel in planning programs to combat criminal activity throughout West Virginia. Again, as in the past years, this report is dedicated to the law enforcement officers I and public officials who have participated in the West Virginia Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Without their diligence and interest, this report would not have been possible. I I Sincerely yours, I I ~\tA~~-H. F. MOONEY. JR. Superintendent I HFM/pet I I I I ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I This report was published through financial assistance provided by the Law Enforcement I Assistance Administration, United States Department of Justice. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I iii I I I TABLE OF CONTENTS I Letter of Transmittal ...................................................... I Acknowledgement ......................................................... iii Introduction. .. .. 1 Classification of Offenses .................................................. 5 Profile-State of West Virginia. 11 I Crime Factors............................................................. 13 Crime Index ............................................ " ..... , . 14 Annual Report Synopsis.................................................... 17 I West Virginia Offense Data ........................................'. 19 Crime Index Offenses .......................... , .... " . .. .. .. 20 Criminal Homicide-Murder .......... " . .. .. .. .. 26 Forcible Rape. .. ......................................... 30 I Robbery............................... ................. ....... 32 Felonious Assault. .. ....... 35 Breaking and Entering. 37 Larceny Theft ..................................................... 40 1 Motor Vehicle Theft. 43 West Virginia Arrest Data. 45 Violent Crime ..................................................... 46 I Property Crime ............................. " . 47 Narcotic Drug Law Arrests. 47 Gambling Arrests. 47 Law Enforcement Employee Data ............................... " . 54 ·1 Police Employee Data. .. .. .. .. 55 Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted. 56 . State, County, and Municipal Offense Data. 58 I Crime Index Report ........................ " . ... 60 Contributor Participation Report. .. .. 108 I Glossary of Terms ......................................................... 116 I I I I I I iv I --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I I LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS I Crime Index by Month ................................................. 21 I Violent Crime Offenses by Month ..................... , ................. 22 Non-Violent Property Offenses by Month ........... , .................... 23 Value of Property Stolen by Month .............. , ....................... 24 I West Virginia Crime Index-Five Year Recapitulation ...................... 25 rtl1urders by ~lIonth .......................... , .. , ....................... 27 Murders by Circumstance and Type of Weapon .......................... 28 Murder Victims-Age, Sex, and Race ........................... " ........ 29 I Forcible Rape by Month ................................................ 31 Robbery by lV10nth ..................................................... 33 Robbery-Value of Property Stolen ....................................... 34 Felonious Assaults by Month .................................... , ...... 36 I Breaking and Entering by Month ........................................ 38 Breaking and Entering-Value of Property Stolen ...... " .......... " ..... 39 Larceny-Theft by Month ................................................ 41 I Larceny-Theft-Value of Property Stolen ................................. 42 Motor Vehicle Theft by Month '" ....................................... 44 Part I and II Arrests by Month ......................................... ,. 48 Total Arrests .......................................................... , . 49 I Total Arrests by Race ., ............................................ , .. , . 50 Total Arrests by Sex ......................................... , ......... 51 Total Arrests by Age ......................................... , ......... 52 I Police Officers Assaulted Summary ................................... " . 57 Crime Index Report ....................................... , ............ 62-106 Contributor Participation Report ........................................ 109-115 I Map of West Virginia ........... " ................... , .................. 117 I I I I I I I v I I I INTRODUCTION I The West Virginia Uniform Crime Reporting Program is the first of many steps to be taken in the establishment of an effective State-wide Criminal Justice Iflformation System. I This particular phase of the CJIS is oriented toward law enforcement and has brought about a statewide uniform method of collecting crime statistical data, producing a consolidated annual report concerning crime in West Virginia, and reporting state-wide I crime statistics from a single agency to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I National Uniform Crime Reporting Program The counterpart of the state-wide UCR Program is the National UCR Program which is under the direction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This national program I is the result of a need for nation-wide and uniform compilation of law enforcement statistics. Uniform Crime Reports were first collected in 1930 after being developed by a committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. I Today the IACP continues to serve in an advisory capacity to the FBI in its operation of the program. Crime statistics voluntarily submitted by individual law enforcement agencies from I all fifty states are presented annually in the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports Publication entitled "Crime in the United States." In the last several years the FBI has been actively assisting individual states in the I development of state-wide programs of law enforcement statistics compatible with the National UCR Program. In taking advantage of the invaluable assistance provided, West Virginia has developed its own state-wide program for collection of law enforcement I statistics. I West Virginia Uniform Crime Reporting Program The West Virginia Uniform Crime Reporting Program involves the uniform compilation, classification, and analysis of crime statistics reported by all law I enforcement agencies of the state pursuant to guides and regulations prescribed by law. The West Virginia Legislature in the Criminal Identification Bureau Act of 1971 established the Uniform Crime Reporting Statute. I The responsibility and authority for collection and dissemination of UCR data was given to the West Virginia Department of Public Safety (State Police). This progr.m I became operational January 1, 1972. Criminal Identification Bureau Act of 1971 I Chapter 15, Article 2, Section 24, Sub-Section i (i) All state, county and municipal law enforcement agencies shall submit to the bureau uniform crime reports setting forth their activities in connection with law I enforcement. It shall be the duty of the bureau to adopt and promulgate rules and I 1 I I I regulations prescribing the forms, general content, time and manner of submission of such Uniform Crime Reports. Willful or repeated failure by any state, county or municipal I law enforcement official to submit the Uniform Crime repvrts as required in this article shall constitute neglect of duty in public office. The Bureau shall correlate the reports submitted to it and shall compile and submit to the governor and the legislature semi­ I annual reports based on such reports. A copy of such reports shall be furnished to all prosecuting attorneys and law enforcement agencies. I Purpose and Objectives In keeping with the recommendation of the President's Commission on Law I Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, the West Virginia UCR Program was planned for eventual growth into a complete and integrated offender based Criminal Justice Information System. Under this program, each offender arrested in West Virginia wi" be tracked through the entire criminal justice system from time of arrest through the I courts to the correctional system where his exit (parole, expiration of sentence, etc.) will be recorded. I n this manner, a complete "rap sheet" on individual offenders will be available for use by the police, courts
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