NCJ Number
180672
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 48 Issue: 1 Dated: January 2000 Pages: 31-34
Date Published
2000
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This article describes the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and participation by the States.
Abstract
The theory behind NIBRS is that every law enforcement agency in every State will provide to a State office a detailed breakdown of crime, and the States will report the data to the FBI. NIBRS reports every crime that occurs instead of just the most serious crime of an event. SEARCH the national organization of States that deals with computerized criminal justice information, has identified the top seven reasons given by police and criminal justice information administrators as obstacles to accepting NIBRS: (1) Funding; (2) Uncertainty of Benefits; (3) Policy Concerns; (4) Administrative Issues; (5) Federal and State Reporting; (6) Data Elements; and (7) Education. Idaho, Iowa, and South Carolina are 100 percent participants in NIBRS. Ten States have no participation in NIBRS and no plans to join. Many of the remaining states either are partially compliant or are still evaluating the merits of participating in the program. The International Association of Chiefs of Police has not taken a position on NIBRS.