Future of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program -- Its Scope and Promise (From Measuring Crime: Large-Scale, Long-Range Efforts, P 49-74, 1990, Doris Layton MacKenzie, Phyllis Jo Baunach, et al, eds. -- See NCJ-122173)

• NCJ Number: 122175
• Author(s): Y Akiyama; H M Rosenthal
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 26 pages
• Sale Source: California Correctional Peace Officers Assoc
• Publication Type: Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This chapter discusses the various modifications in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program over the past several years and describes the planned changes in the UCR Program.

Abstract

With the concurrence of the FBI, the Bureau of Justice Statistics commissioned an evaluative and redesign study of the UCR Program. The primary recommendation of the evaluation report was conversion to an incident-based reporting system from the current summary reporting system. Under such a system, police agencies would submit reports on each criminal incident, clearance, arrest, etc. Under the proposed National Incident-Based Reporting System, the UCR will provide more information on crime, in greater depth, and with increased precision. The UCR Program will remain a voluntary data reporting program, and it will continue to be based solely on local and State police records, i.e., reported crimes, clearances, arrests, and other data associated with criminal incidents in police records. The new program is currently being tested to identify its problems and assess its viability.