Nation's Two Measures of Homicide

• NCJ Number: 247060
• Author(s): J. Lee Annest; Duren Banks; Cynthia Barnett-Ryan; Lynn Langton Ph.D.; Michael Planty Ph.D.; Wendy Regoeczi; Margaret Warner
• Date Published: July 2014
• Length: 4 pages
• Agencies: BJS
• Publication Type: Issue Overview; Historical Overview

Annotation

This Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report summarizes the United States' two national data collection systems related to homicide: the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Supplementary Homicide Reports and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Fatal Injury Reports.

Abstract

Summarizes the United States' two national data collection systems related to homicide: the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Supplementary Homicide Reports and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Fatal Injury Reports. This report describes the strengths, limitations, differences, and complementary aspects of each program. Both measures were developed as part of a federal effort to improve national statistical systems in the early twentieth century, and have gone through a number of changes since then to improve consistency and coverage.