Improving the Quality and Accuracy of Bias Crime Statistics Nationally: An Assessment of the First Ten Years of Bias Crime Data Collection (Journal Article)

• NCJ Number: 184529
• Journal: JRSA Forum Volume: 18 Issue: 3 Dated: October 2000 Pages: 1-4-5
• Date Published: October 2000
• Length: 10 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Corporate Author: Justice Research and Statistics Association
• Publication Format: Article; Document (Online)
• Publication Type: Statistics; Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring crime, criminal victimization, criminal offenders, victims of crime, correlates of crime, and the operation of criminal and civil justice systems at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels. BJS collects, analyzes, and disseminates reliable and valid statistics on crime and justice systems in the United States, supports improvements to state and local criminal justice information systems, and participates with national and international organizations to develop and recommend national standards for justice statistics.

Annotation

This Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) funded article describes the project "Improving the Quality and Accuracy of Bias Crime Statistics Nationally," funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Abstract

The article describes the project "Improving the Quality and Accuracy of Bias Crime Statistics Nationally," funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, including a review of the national hate crime trends, a summary of results from a national law enforcement survey regarding officer attitudes about hate crime, and several other sources of data. The compilation of these data sources gives key insight into how to both improve hate crime reporting and how to better interpret the data we currently have.