Citation

Riley NE, Dean DL. Transp. Res. Rec. 1985; 1012: 56-64.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

The issue of crime at California's intercity bus stations is examined through a review of records maintained by public and private carriers and by law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. None of these sources provides complete information on crime at intercity bus stations. Intercity carrier records of station crime are generally inaccurate and incomplete, in part because of confusion over definitions of crimes and discretionary reporting practices. National crime statistics, and the police agency records from which they are compiled, do not identify crimes on the basis of a specific location. Newspapers were used as a supplementary source of information but proved to be of limited value because of inconsistencies in their coverage of these crimes. Crimes reported during 1983 at California bus stations are reviewed, and the legal implications of crime for bus station operators and specific countermeasures to station crime are also discussed. To overcome the current deficiencies in transportation security, a uniform transportation crime-reporting (UTCR) system is proposed.

Record URL:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1985/1012/1012-009.pdf

Language: en

Keywords

REGIONAL PLANNING - Transportation; MOTOR BUS TERMINALS