National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2005 (ICPSR 4720)

Version Date: Jun 8, 2007

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United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04720.v1

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Alternate Title

NIBRS, 2005

Summary

The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is a part of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR), administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In the late 1970s, the law enforcement community called for a thorough evaluative study of the UCR with the objective of recommending an expanded and enhanced UCR program to meet law enforcement needs into the 21st century. The FBI fully concurred with the need for an updated program to meet contemporary needs and provided its support, formulating a comprehensive redesign effort. Following a multiyear study, a "Blueprint for the Future of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program" was developed. Using the "Blueprint," and in consultation with local and state law enforcement executives, the FBI formulated new guidelines for the Uniform Crime Reports. The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) was implemented to meet these guidelines. NIBRS data are archived at ICPSR as 13 separate data files per year, which may be merged by using linkage variables. The data focus on a variety of aspects of a crime incident. Part 4, Administrative Segment, offers data on the incident, itself (date and time). Each crime incident is delineated by one administrative segment record. Also provided are Part 5, Offense Segment (offense type, location, weapon use, and bias motivation), Part 6, Property Segment (type of property loss, property description, property value, drug type and quantity), Part 7, Victim Segment (age, sex, race, ethnicity, and injuries), Part 8, Offender Segment (age, sex, and race), and Part 9, Arrestee Segment (arrest date, age, sex, race, and weapon use). The Batch Header Segment (Parts 1-3) separates and identifies individual police agencies by Originating Agency Identifier (ORI). Batch Header information, which is contained on three records for each ORI, includes agency name, geographic location, and population of the area. Part 10, Group B Arrest Report Segment, includes arrestee data for Group B crimes. Window Segments files (Parts 11-13) pertain to incidents for which the complete Group A Incident Report was not submitted to the FBI. In general, a Window Segment record will be generated if the incident occurred prior to January 1 of the previous year or if the incident occurred prior to when the agency started NIBRS reporting. As with the UCR, participation in NIBRS is voluntary on the part of law enforcement agencies. The data are not a representative sample of crime in the United States.

Citation

United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2005. [distributor], 2007-06-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04720.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics

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Time Period(s)

2005

Date of Collection

2005
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Universe

Law enforcement agencies in the United States participating in the National Incident-Based Reporting System.

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

2007-06-08

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. NATIONAL INCIDENT-BASED REPORTING SYSTEM, 2005. Compiled by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. ICPSR04720-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2007-06-08. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04720.v1

2007-06-08 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created online analysis version with question text.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.