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Thank you to Daniel Goldberg for assistance with this project. Follow the link to the openICPSR page to download.

1. Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Offenses Known and Clearances by Arrest, 1960-2016

   These datasets contains:

   • Monthly counts for crimes committed, declared unfounded, and cleared
   • Yearly counts for crimes committed, declared unfounded, and cleared (aggregated from monthly count)
   • WARNING: The UCR does not differentiate between true zeroes (no crime committed) and missing value zeroes. All missing values are labeled as a 0.

2. UCR Supplementary Homicide Reports 1975-2015

   This dataset contains:

   • Details on homicide victims, offenders, and circumstances
   • Age, race, and gender of homicide victims
   • Age, race, and gender of homicide offenders
   • Relationship between victim and offender
   • Circumstances of the homicide
   • Weapon used

If you have any questions, find any bugs, or have any data to offer/request, my email is [email protected].