The National Incident-Based Reporting System: Research and Policy Applications
The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) offers a new source ofdata for measuring crime. Though far from national in coverage, NIBRS datacan address research and policy questions outside the scope of the UniformCrime Reports and the National Crime Victimization Survey. Comparisons ofthe...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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1999
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Journal of quantitative criminology
Año: 1999, Volumen: 15, Número: 2, Páginas: 119-149 |
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| Sumario: | The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) offers a new source ofdata for measuring crime. Though far from national in coverage, NIBRS datacan address research and policy questions outside the scope of the UniformCrime Reports and the National Crime Victimization Survey. Comparisons ofthe three sources of crime data are presented, with particular emphasis onwhat can be learned from incident-based police data that cannot be learnedfrom other sources. Like all data on crime, the NIBRS is subject to variousproblems with validity and measurement error. Two general categories of suchproblems are discussed: those evident in the design of the NIBRS and thoselinked to more general issues in the organizational production of data. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-7799 |
| DOI: | 10.1023/A:1007518620521 |