# Presentation: 914082

## 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 ****	****	****BJS**
**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**
**Don Faggiani, Police Executive Research Forum**

## COMPASS

_**Co**_**mmunity **_**M**_**apping, **_**P**_**lanning, and **_**A**_**nalysis for **_**S**_**afety **_**S**_**trategies**
**NIJ taking the lead (OJP initiative)**
**Data-driven decision making**
**City or county builds **
**a data warehouse relevant for planning crime prevention and LE response  **
**a high-level strategic planning group that develops policies and operations based on the data**

## COMPASS        					(2)

**What’s in the data warehouse**
**Crime incident information (from LE response)**
**Victimization data, hate crimes**
** ****from surveys of the public**
**Public opinions on safety, satisfaction with the police, interactions with the police **
**Drug use (ADAM -- arrestee drug abuse monitoring)**
**ATF gun traces**
**court records, parolees, ...**

## COMPASS        					(3)

**What’s in the data warehouse ****	****      (continued)**
**Mapping**
**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 **
**Seattle selected in 1999 as first pilot site**
**One more site to be selected in 2000 from over 30 concept papers already received at OJP**

## COMPASS        					(5)

**Types of analyses planned in Seattle **
**Planning for re-entry of ex-offenders into the community**
**substance abuse facilities**
**public transportation**
**employment opportunities**
**Reducing crimes by the mentally ill**

## Showcasing Modern LE Records Management Systems

**BJS and COPS office provided funding**
**Joint direction of the project by FBI and BJS**
**Chicago**
**	****Charlotte-Mecklenberg**
**	****Wichita**
**Observer sites**
- Los 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**
**only 8 index crimes**
**monthly counts of offenses reported, by agency**
**only one offense type (the most serious) per incident**
**arrest counts for 8 index offenses and 21 others**
**limited details (age, sex, race)**

## National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)					(2)

**NIBRS**
**FBI receives a record for each incident **
**Every offense that occurred in the incident **
**Date, time, location, circumstances**
**Victim information**
**Offender information; relation to victim(s)**
**Arrest/ clearance information**
**Record can be updated**
**46 offense types **
**11 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:**
**Austin, TX; Colorado Springs, CO**
**Cincinnati, OH; Aurora, CO**
**Oakland County (Pontiac MI)**
**Greenville County (SC)**
**Henrico County (Richmond VA)**
**Chesterfield County (VA)**
**Akron, OH; Knox County (TN)**

## National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)					(4)

**What good is it?**
**Learn about types of crimes not previously covered by the data**
**Comparable 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...**
**BJS 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/**