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Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 1999

NCJ Number
184793
Author(s)
Sheila J. Barton
Date Published
October 2000
Length
73 pages
Annotation
This report describes the status of State criminal history records systems at year-end 1999.
Abstract

Describes the status of State criminal history records systems at yearend 1999. The data presented in this report are used as the basis for estimating the percentage of total State records that are immediately available through the FBI's Interstate Identification Index (III) and the percentage that include dispositions. Other data presented include the number of records maintained by each State, the percentage of automated records in the system, and the number of States participating in the FBI's Interstate Identification Index. This report, prepared by SEARCH, the National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, is an update of Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 1997, released in April 1999, and is the sixth in the series that began with 1989 data.