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Akiyama, Yoshio; Nolan, James J.

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“…Incidents contain one or more alleged offense(s) committed by an individual or a group "acting in concert, at the same time and place (20)." NIBRS may contain over 50 data points for 52 offenses, including drug offenses, and arrest-only data for an additional 10 offenses, including driving under the influence (19,21,22). These data points are located within "segments," including administrative, offense, victim, offender, property, and arrestee, which link back to the incident.…”

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Using the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to examine racial and ethnic disparities in cannabis incidents

Doonan

Hamilton

Johnson

2020

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Background: Reducing racial and ethnic arrest disparities is one driver of cannabis legalization in the US., but outcomes of cannabis policies and equity provisions remain unknown. Early research finds legalization reduces total cannabis incidents, but disparities persist. In response, novel research approaches are emerging, but a comprehensive assessment of their strengths and limitations is needed, particularly when using data sources developed for other purposes. Objectives: This perspective assesses the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), originally developed for crime statistics, as a means to surveil cannabis incident disparities. Methods: Massachusetts NIBRS (2000-2013) illustrates discussion points, including around sample inclusion, data integrity, and missing data. Results: We find that NIBRS is a comprehensive source for state-level monitoring if used with knowledge of its limitations. However, drawing conclusions about disparities requires careful assessment of sample inclusion and any changes to participation rates, data integrity, reporting changes, and missing variables, before analysis and reporting. Conclusion: NIBRS utility would increase with greater or required jurisdiction participation, guidance for collection of racial and ethnic data, and required ethnicity reporting. Despite limitations, cannabis disparity analyses using NIBRS can provide key insights for increasing equity in states considering and enacting cannabis legalization.

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Using the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to examine racial and ethnic disparities in cannabis incidents

Doonan

Hamilton

Johnson

2020

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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“…NIBRS was developed in the 1980's by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a supplement to the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) in hopes of providing a more nuanced and informative census of crime incidents within the United States (Madden, 2015;Strom & Smith, 2017). Whereas the UCR treats agencies as the unit of analysis by providing counts for each type of crime reported within their jurisdiction, NIBRS is an incident-based system (Akiyama & Nolan, 1999;Maxfield, 1999). Each reported incident is matched to a variety of information (a total of 230 data elements), ranging from characteristics of the offense to those of the victim(s) and offender(s).…”

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“…The detailed data available in NIBRS presents the opportunity to explore crime in a manner that would be impossible if relying upon the more established UCR program (Akiyama & Nolan, 1999;Jarvis, 2015). Not only can data be analyzed for specific forms of offending (including unique types of theft), but for specific types of locations as well.…”

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“…Working with NIBRS data can be problematic due to the complexity of the dataset and the sheer computing power required to perform analyses (Addington 2009;Akiyama and Nolan, 1999;Dunn & Zelenock, 1999;Maxfield, 1999). The FBI makes data available in a single file, comprised of millions of records and information regarding the 230 available data elements for each crime incident (Abdu et al, 2011;Dunn & Zelenock, 1999).…”

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“…The organization has taken the initiative to provide data in extract files that require fewer computing resources and make analyses more efficient (Abdu et al, 2011). Four such files are available: incident (administrative), victim, offender and arrestee (Akiyama & Nolan, 1999). The incident file contains detailed information on the offense type, its temporal and spatial characteristics, the agency that submitted the report, and of interest to the current line of research, theft targets.…”

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Utilizing the National Incident-Based Reporting System to Further Our Understanding of Agricultural Theft

Osborne¹,

Swartz²,

Stover³

2019

International Journal of Rural Criminology

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Research related to rural offending and victimization, while increasing in recent years, is hindered by the difficulties associated with gathering quality data. This is particularly true for investigations of agricultural theft, a crime problem unique to rural America. Several studies have explored the prevalence of such offending-in addition to the characteristics that influence victimization-via surveys administered to farm operators. Though beneficial, they rely upon small samples drawn from limited geographic areas. The current study proposes turning to the National Incident-Based Reporting System to advance our knowledge of agricultural theft, as it presents the opportunity to explore related research questions via a more nationally-representative sample. In addition, it opens the door for inquiries into understudied aspects of theft, such as victim and offender characteristics, theft targets, monetary losses and clearance rates. Each of these potential avenues is discussed, in addition to considerations that should be taken into account when making use of the data.

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Cobbs¹

2013

The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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The National Incident‐Based Reporting System (NIBRS) was introduced in the 1980s by the Department of Justice as a measure to improve and expand the United States' crime data collection system. Its purpose was to make up for the flaws observed in the Uniform Crime Report (UCR). Under the NIBRS 46 crime types, under 22 offense categories, are recorded on the computerized record systems. The NIBRS is popular among criminologists because its data are comprehensive, including information about offenses, victims, offenders, and arrestees that were lacking in the UCR. Furthermore, all crime incidents reported to the police were recorded whether the suspects were arrested or not. The NIBRS is also helpful in the study of hate crimes as it records the bias motivations of offenders.

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Using the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to examine racial and ethnic disparities in cannabis incidents

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