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The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (2014)
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| Author | Nolan, James J. |
| Abstract | (NIBRS) are the two major sources of crime data in the United States. The UCR is a summary reporting system while NIBRS is an incident-based reporting system which was established to modernize crime reporting. The data collected by NIBRS is much more detailed. Given that law enforcement agencies across the nation voluntarily submit data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) using either UCR or NIBRS, the presence of irregular reporting, missing data, and noncompliance are likely to compromise data quality.1 For many states, crime data collected using UCR or NIBRS are used to generate state and local crime reports and statistics. These data are most often reported “as is ” and are thereby assumed correct. Since victimization data are typically not collected at the state or local levels to corroborate crime reports, there is an increased need for crime data to be as reliable as possible. Given the voluntary nature and inherent limitations of crime data collection systems, however, these data come with the caveat of being incomplete, or dubbed non-representative. Previous research on state incident-based reporting (IBR) data revealed issues with completeness, resulting from partial and non- |
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| Publisher Date | 2014-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Crime Data Uniform Crime Reporting National Incident-based Reporting System Voluntary Nature Incident-based Reporting System Many State Crime Report State Incident-based Reporting Previous Research Crime Data Collection System Crime Reporting Law Enforcement Agency Victimization Data Local Crime Report Irregular Reporting Federal Bureau Major Source Data Quality Summary Reporting System Increased Need Inherent Limitation Local Level |
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