maps : : : breakdown of crime categories
In the crime dataset, a typical entry has both a code for the type of crime and a narrative description of what happened. To gain a better idea of how crime changes in a neighborhood with development, I organized the reports into categories.

Click here for a graph showing the total distribution of crime types in Providence from 1987-2000.

Click here for individual graphs of Providence's crime types by year.

What follows is the list of groups and a sample of the narrative crime descriptions that I sorted to those categories:

Crimes against People
31 ROBBERY-FIREARM
32 ROBBERY-KNIFE ETC
33 ROBBERY-OTHER WEAP.
34 ROBBERY-STRONG ARM
41 ASSAULT-GUN
42 ASSAULT-KNIFE ETC
43 ASSAULT-OTHER WEAP.
80 ASSAULT-SIMPLE
111 MURDER - GUN
112 MURDER-KNIFE ETC
114 MURDER-HANDS ETC.
121 MANSLAUGHTER-GUN
200 CHILD ABUSE
211 RAPE-GUN
212 RAPE-KNIFE ETC.
214 RAPE-HANDS ETC.
222 ATT.RAPE-KNIFE ETC.
223 ATT.RAPE-OTHER WEAP.
224 ATT.RAPE-HANDS ETC.
390 MISSING PERSON

Crimes against Property
51 B/E-FORCIBLE
52 B/E-NO FORCE
53 B/E-DEFACING
60 LARCENY
71 MV THEFT - AUTO
72 MV Theft - Truck
74 MV VEHICLE RECOVERED
90 ARSON
131 STOLEN PROPERTY
350 LOST/STOLEN PLATES
500 PROPERTY DAMAGE

Nuisance Crimes
140 MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
150 WEAPONS-CARRY,ETC.
160 PROSTITUTION
170 SEX OFFENSE - OTHER
220 LIQUOR LAW VIOLATION
240 DISORDERLY CONDUCT
260 THROWING MISSLES
310 THREATENING
375 PERSON ANNOYED

Drugs
181 NARC.VIOL.OPIUM/COC
182 NARC.VIOL.-MARJ/HASH
183 NARC.VIOL.SYNTHETICS
184 DRUG.VIOL-NON NARC.
210 DRIV.UNDER INFLUENCE

Financial Crimes
100 FORGERY & COUNTER
110 FRAUD
120 EMBEZZLEMENT
110 FLIM FLAM
191 BOOKMAKING
 
christine coletta
center for environmental studies, brown university
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last updated 06.02.03