The Role of State Programs in NIBRS Data Quality

Barnett-Ryan, Cynthia; Swanson, Gregory P.

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“…2 Unfortunately, NIBRS data systems are lacking widespread implementation. Despite the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) initial suggestion of fully implementing NIBRS in only a small sample of agencies and a reduced version for the remaining agencies, the NIBRS rollout advanced with the goal of implementing the full NIBRS among all law enforcement agencies (Addington, 2008;Barnett-Ryan & Swanson, 2008). This ambitious goal has fallen short of being achieved.…”

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Utilizing Incident-Based Crime Data to Inform Strategic Interventions

Rydberg

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McGarrell

2016

Justice Research and Policy

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A public health approach to violence prevention involves the empirical identification of groups and communities at the highest risk for violence to inform targeted interventions. We demonstrate the utility of complete incident-level crime data toward this end. Data for 32,056 unique incidents involving homicide, aggravated assault, and robbery were extracted from the 2013 Michigan Incident Crime Reporting system, a statewide National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data system. Differential victimization rates were calculated across demographic subgroups and jurisdictions to identify patterns in risk. Two-stage least squares regression models were estimated to examine correlates of variation in excess risk. Analyses identified young Black males and females at relatively high risk for violent victimization, and that this risk was amplified within cities with disproportionately high crime rates. Multivariate models suggested concentrated disadvantage as the most stable correlate of variation in excess risk across Michigan cities and towns. The results highlight the importance of expanding NIBRS adoption and the deployment of focused interventions involving both short-term enforcement and long-term social reinvestment.

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Section: Methodological Value Of Incident-based Crime Datamentioning

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Utilizing Incident-Based Crime Data to Inform Strategic Interventions

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McGarrell

2016

Justice Research and Policy

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“…However, not all incident‐level information is recorded for all offense types. For example, NIBRS records the victim–offender relationship for all crimes against persons and robbery, but not for property offenses, and records crime circumstances only for homicide and aggravated assault (Barnett‐Ryan & Swanson 2008).…”

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“…Addington (2004) speculated on various reasons for missing data in the NIBRS, including a lack of definitional guidance regarding crime circumstances. Barnett‐Ryan and Swanson's (2008) case study described approaches to enhancing NIBRS data quality from state programs in Tennessee and Vermont. However, more research is needed to conclusively identify successful strategies for improving NIBRS data quality.…”

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“…Following this review of studies using the NIBRS data for theory evaluation in the three substantive areas, the paper discusses important limitations of the NIBRS and cautions for its use, including incomplete agency coverage, exclusion of important incident‐level information, item missing data, insufficient history for time‐series analysis, and complexity. I also note the literature that specifically focuses on NIBRS data quality issues (Addington 2004, 2008; Barnett‐Ryan & Swanson 2008; Chilton & Regoeczi 2007). The paper concludes with some thoughts on the future of the NIBRS and research using the NIBRS data.…”

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“…However, not all incident-level information is recorded for all offense types. For example, NIBRS records the victim-offender relationship for all crimes against persons and robbery, but not for property offenses, and records crime circumstances only for homicide and aggravated assault (Barnett-Ryan & Swanson 2008).The NIBRS also reports some information on the place where the crime incident occurred, recording type of location (e.g. home, field/woods, and bar/nightclub), the city, county, and state of the jurisdiction, and the population served by the jurisdiction's police agency.…”

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Contributions of the National Incident‐Based Reporting System to Substantive Knowledge in Criminology: A Review of Research

Roberts¹

2009

Sociology Compass

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The National Incident‐Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data have been available to the research community for about a decade. The advantages of NIBRS over other official statistics such as summary Uniform Crime Reports, Supplementary Homicide Reports, and the National Crime Victimization Survey have contributed to better evaluation of a number of theoretical perspectives in criminology and criminal justice, and have helped in suggesting possible policy implications. This paper reviews studies using the NIBRS data in the areas of crime clearance, crime rates disaggregated by situational context (including domestic violence, race‐specific crime, and gun crime), and lethal and non‐lethal outcomes of violent encounters. The paper also discusses limitations of the NIBRS data and cautions for its use, along with future research possibilities.

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N ational I ncident‐ B ased R eporting S ystem ( NIBRS )

Maddan¹

2015

The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment

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The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), the nation's primary mechanism of measuring crime levels, has remained relatively unchanged since its inception in the 1920s. While there was little change in the summary collection procedures of the UCR, many believed that fundamental changes were necessary in order to cover more offenses, collect more details on criminal events, and overcome some of its deficiencies and limitations. In the 1980s the UCR Study Task Force completed a report that suggested nothing short of a complete overhaul to the UCR program, which was to focus from then on on incident‐based reporting. The result of this review was the National Incident‐Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The NIBRS was designed to collect more information than the preexisting UCR summary reporting system and to overcome the inherent problems associated with summary reporting. While data efforts under the NIBRS began in the early 1990s, to date the nation's law enforcement agencies have yet to universally adopt the incident‐based data collection program. This entry examines the implementation of the NIBRS in the United States and the problems that have plagued the program.

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The Role of State Programs in NIBRS Data Quality

Cited by 13 publications

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Utilizing Incident-Based Crime Data to Inform Strategic Interventions

Utilizing Incident-Based Crime Data to Inform Strategic Interventions

Contributions of the National Incident‐Based Reporting System to Substantive Knowledge in Criminology: A Review of Research

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