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I was looking at crime statistics recently, and something confused me a bit. I was wondering if anyone could offer clarity. According to the FBI's website...
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/persons-arrested/persons-arrested
"The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program counts one arrest for each separate instance in which a person is arrested, cited, or summoned for an offense."
If I'm understanding that correctly it would mean that if 1 individual person was arrested for murdering 5 people they would count that as 5 arrests because it's technically 5 murders and it's clearing 5 cases. Is that the correct interpretation?
So for example: In 2012 a white person was arrested for 4,955 murders. Does that mean there were 4,955 white people who committed a murder and got arrested for it, but at least some of those people may have killed more than one so it's actually over 5,000 murders? Or is it possible that only 4,000 white people were arrested in connection with 4,955 murders, but since some of those people killed more than one person it counts as multiple arrests?
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/persons-arrested/persons-arrested
"The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program counts one arrest for each separate instance in which a person is arrested, cited, or summoned for an offense."
If I'm understanding that correctly it would mean that if 1 individual person was arrested for murdering 5 people they would count that as 5 arrests because it's technically 5 murders and it's clearing 5 cases. Is that the correct interpretation?
So for example: In 2012 a white person was arrested for 4,955 murders. Does that mean there were 4,955 white people who committed a murder and got arrested for it, but at least some of those people may have killed more than one so it's actually over 5,000 murders? Or is it possible that only 4,000 white people were arrested in connection with 4,955 murders, but since some of those people killed more than one person it counts as multiple arrests?