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1998 1997 1-year 
change 
Incidents 
Murder 20 
18 
+11.1%
Manslaughter 1 
2 
-50.0
Forcible sex offenses 
1,240 
1,114 
+11.3
Nonforcible sex offenses 
159 
125 
+27.2
Robbery 1.068 
1,100 
-2.9
Aggravated assault 
2,267 
2,205 
+2.8
Burglary 13,745 
14,565 
-5.6
Motor-vehicle theft 
4,160 
4,272 
-2.6
Arson 539 
461 
+16.9
Hate crimes 
179 
155 
+15.5
 
Arrests 
Liquor-law violations 
23,261 
18,708 
+24.3%
Drug-law violations 
8,844 
7,964 
+11.1
Weapons-law violations 
972 
967 
+0.5
Note: The numbers include sex offenses reported both to campus police officers and to other campus officials. The data represent crimes reported 
for 1998 and 1997 4-year colleges and universities, in compliance with federal laws. Totals for each crime category in this survey should not be 
compared with totals appearing in Chronicle surveys published before 1997 because those included 2-year colleges, which this survey does not. 
[“A Look at Campus Crime.”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
. June 9, 2000, p. A49.] 
8. T F More than 5,000 students were included in the statistics. 
9. T F The arrests for Drug-law violations were more in 1997 than 1998. 
10. T F The one year change in Hate Crimes was -15.5%. 
11. T F Robbery is not listed as a crime for this study. 

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Chapter 21, Reading Graphs 103 
12. T F 461 fires were started on campuses in 1998. 
 
The following graph shows vital statistics for the Province of Nova Scotia. Answer the questions 
which follow in regard to the information given.