Crime Reporting in the Age of Technology Jan M. Chaiken Bureau of Justice Statistics U.S. Department of Justice June 14, 2000
Developments reflect efforts of many people in the Justice Department Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Bureau of Justice Statistics National Institute of Justice NIJ Other components of the Office of Justice Programs OJP
Overview of today s presentation COMPASS Showcasing Modern LE Record Management Systems National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Crime Identification Technology Act (CITA) State and local efforts 4Don Faggiani, Police Executive Research Forum
COMPASS Community Mapping, Planning, and Analysis for Safety Strategies NIJ taking the lead (OJP initiative) Data-driven decision making City or county builds 4a data warehouse relevant for planning crime prevention and LE response 4a high-level strategic planning group that develops policies and operations based on the data
COMPASS (2) What s in the data warehouse 4Crime incident information (from LE response) 4Victimization data, hate crimes from surveys of the public 4Public opinions on safety, satisfaction with the police, interactions with the police 4Drug use (ADAM -- arrestee drug abuse monitoring) 4ATF gun traces 4court records, parolees,...
COMPASS (3) What s in the data warehouse (continued) 4Mapping streets, schools, parks, playgrounds, bars, hospitals, bus terminals zoning, utilities business licenses, rental & home values crime incidents demographics and social characteristics birth & death statistics
COMPASS (4) Status 4Seattle selected in 1999 as first pilot site 4One more site to be selected in 2000 from over 30 concept papers already received at OJP
COMPASS (5) Types of analyses planned in Seattle 4Planning for re-entry of ex-offenders into the community substance abuse facilities public transportation employment opportunities 4Reducing crimes by the mentally ill
Showcasing Modern LE Records Management Systems and COPS office provided funding Joint direction of the project by FBI and Chicago Charlotte-Mecklenberg Wichita Observer sites 4Los Angeles County; Washington, DC; New Castle, DE; Honolulu, HI; Jefferson Parish, LA; Suffolk County, NY; Austin, TX
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) FBI s program to replace the summary Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) -- designed in 1929 Old summary UCR 4only 8 index crimes 4monthly counts of offenses reported, by agency 4only one offense type (the most serious) per incident 4arrest counts for 8 index offenses and 21 others 4limited details (age, sex, race)
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) (2) NIBRS 4FBI receives a record for each incident 4Every offense that occurred in the incident 4Date, time, location, circumstances 4Victim information 4Offender information; relation to victim(s) 4Arrest/ clearance information 4Record can be updated 446 offense types 411 more offenses with only arrest data collected
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) (3) LE agencies covering 10% of US population already participate (mostly small agencies) The largest participants: 4 Austin, TX; Colorado Springs, CO 4 Cincinnati, OH; Aurora, CO 4 Oakland County (Pontiac MI) 4 Greenville County (SC) 4 Henrico County (Richmond VA) 4 Chesterfield County (VA) 4 Akron, OH; Knox County (TN)
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) (4) What good is it? 4Learn about types of crimes not previously covered by the data 4Comparable across neighboring agencies and across States
Crime Identification Technology Act (CITA) $130 million in FY2000 supports improvements in criminal history records, sex offender registries, LE radio interoperability, LE record systems, others will announce support available to cities and counties (through their state UCR programs) for LE records management systems compatible with NIBRS http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/cita/