According to the 2015 uniform crime report (ucr) data, women accounted for ______ of all arrests.

Innocent victim - No responsibility for the crime attributed to the victim.
Ex: Institutionalized victims, the mentally ill, children, or those who are attacked while unconscious

Victim with minor guilt - Victim precipitated crime with careless/ignorance.
Ex: Lost in the "wrong part of town."

Voluntary victim - Victim and offender equally responsible for a crime.
Ex: Victim pays prostitute for sex; then prostitute robs victim.

Victim who is more guilty than the offender - victim who provokes or induces another to commit a crime
Ex: Burning bed syndrome: victim is killed by the domestic partner he abused for years.

Victim who is alone is guilty - Victim who is solely responsible for his or her own victimization
Ex: An attacker who is killed in self-defense; suicide bomber killed by detonation of explosives.

Imaginary victim - Victim mistakenly believes she or he has been victimized.
Ex: Mentally ill person who reports imagined victimization as real event.

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Offense charged Number of persons arrested Percent
male Percent
female Percent distribution1 Total Male Female Total Male FemaleTOTAL Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter Rape2 Robbery Aggravated assault Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle theft Arson Violent crime3 Property crime3 Other assaults Forgery and counterfeiting Fraud Embezzlement Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing Vandalism Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. Prostitution and commercialized vice Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) Drug abuse violations Gambling Offenses against the family and children Driving under the influence Liquor laws Drunkenness Disorderly conduct Vagrancy All other offenses (except traffic) Suspicion Curfew and loitering law violations

8,305,919	6,067,584	2,238,335	73.1	26.9	100.0	100.0	100.0
8,533	7,549	984	88.5	11.5	0.1	0.1	*
17,504	16,990	514	97.1	2.9	0.2	0.3	*
73,230	62,721	10,509	85.6	14.4	0.9	1.0	0.5
288,815	221,993	66,822	76.9	23.1	3.5	3.7	3.0
166,609	135,064	31,545	81.1	18.9	2.0	2.2	1.4
900,077	511,557	388,520	56.8	43.2	10.8	8.4	17.4
59,831	47,169	12,662	78.8	21.2	0.7	0.8	0.6
6,802	5,460	1,342	80.3	19.7	0.1	0.1	0.1
388,082	309,253	78,829	79.7	20.3	4.7	5.1	3.5
1,133,319	699,250	434,069	61.7	38.3	13.6	11.5	19.4
831,684	598,000	233,684	71.9	28.1	10.0	9.9	10.4
42,681	27,596	15,085	64.7	35.3	0.5	0.5	0.7
102,339	62,721	39,618	61.3	38.7	1.2	1.0	1.8
12,247	6,093	6,154	49.8	50.2	0.1	0.1	0.3
68,341	53,621	14,720	78.5	21.5	0.8	0.9	0.7
147,191	115,695	31,496	78.6	21.4	1.8	1.9	1.4
111,316	101,366	9,950	91.1	8.9	1.3	1.7	0.4
31,534	11,355	20,179	36.0	64.0	0.4	0.2	0.9
39,393	36,361	3,032	92.3	7.7	0.5	0.6	0.1
1,144,021	886,022	257,999	77.4	22.6	13.8	14.6	11.5
3,607	2,883	724	79.9	20.1	*	*	*
72,418	51,598	20,820	71.3	28.7	0.9	0.9	0.9
833,833	625,927	207,906	75.1	24.9	10.0	10.3	9.3
204,665	145,238	59,427	71.0	29.0	2.5	2.4	2.7
314,856	253,565	61,291	80.5	19.5	3.8	4.2	2.7
298,253	214,118	84,135	71.8	28.2	3.6	3.5	3.8
19,414	15,080	4,334	77.7	22.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
2,471,772	1,826,711	645,061	73.9	26.1	29.8	30.1	28.8
1,045	802	243	76.7	23.3	*	*	*
33,908	24,329	9,579	71.8	28.2	0.4	0.4	0.4

• 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
• 2 The rape figures in this table are aggregate totals of the data submitted based on both the legacy and revised Uniform Crime Reporting definitions.
• 3 Violent crimes are offenses of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Property crimes are offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
• * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

Data Declaration

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Overview

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• In 2015, 73.1 percent of all arrestees were males. Males accounted for 79.7 percent of persons arrested for violent crimes and for 61.7 percent of persons arrested for property crimes.

• Males comprised 88.5 percent of persons arrested for murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in 2015.

• Of the total number of persons arrested for drug abuse violations, 77.4 percent were males.

• Females accounted for 43.2 percent of all persons arrested for larceny-theft offenses in 2015.

• Of persons arrested for aggravated assault in 2015, 23.1 percent were females.

• Of persons arrested for driving under the influence, 24.9 percent were females.

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