Understanding Arrest Data in the National Incident-based Reporting System (NIBRS), Massachusetts, 2011-2013 (ICPSR 36858)
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
This research examined the reliability of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) arrests data. Data on crime incidents, including data on whether an arrest was made or a summons issued, are collected from hundreds of law enforcement agencies (LEAs) across the country and then combined by the FBI into a national data set that is frequently used by researchers. This study compared arrest data in a sample of cases from NIBRS data files with arrest and summons data collected on the same cases directly from LEAs. The dataset consists of information collected from the Massachusetts NIBRS database combined with data from LEAs through a survey and includes data on arrests, summons, exceptional clearances, applicable statutes and offense names, arrest dates, and arrestees' sex, race, ethnicity and age for a sample of assault incidents between 2011 and 2013 from the NIBRS.
The collection contains one SPSS data file (n=480; 32 variables). Qualitative data are not available as part of this collection.
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2017: Extract Files (ICPSR 37650)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2022: Extract Files (ICPSR 38925)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2021: Extract Files (ICPSR 38807)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2019: Extract Files (ICPSR 38565)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2020: Extract Files (ICPSR 38566)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2018: Extract Files (ICPSR 37649)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2023: Extract Files (ICPSR 39270)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2016: Extract Files (ICPSR 37066)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2015: Extract Files (ICPSR 36851)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2013: Extract Files (ICPSR 36121)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2014: Extract Files (ICPSR 36421)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2004: Extract Files (ICPSR 4485)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2003: Extract Files (ICPSR 4676)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2002: Extract Files (ICPSR 4692)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2001: Extract Files (ICPSR 4693)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2000: Extract Files (ICPSR 4700)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2007: Extract Files (ICPSR 25341)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1991: Extract Files (ICPSR 25861)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1992: Extract Files (ICPSR 25862)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1993: Extract Files (ICPSR 25863)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1994: Extract Files (ICPSR 25864)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2009: Extract Files (ICPSR 32562)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2008: Extract Files (ICPSR 27741)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2010: Extract Files (ICPSR 33601)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2005: Extract Files (ICPSR 20303)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1995: Extract Files (ICPSR 22880)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1996: Extract Files (ICPSR 22881)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1997: Extract Files (ICPSR 22882)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1998: Extract Files (ICPSR 22883)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1999: Extract Files (ICPSR 22884)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2006: Extract Files (ICPSR 23541)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2012: Extract Files (ICPSR 35036)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2011: Extract Files (ICPSR 34603)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1998 (ICPSR 3031)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1997 (ICPSR 2793)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1996 (ICPSR 2465)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2000 (ICPSR 3449)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2002 (ICPSR 4066)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1999 (ICPSR 3207)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2001 (ICPSR 3829)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1991 (ICPSR 25109)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1992 (ICPSR 25110)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1993 (ICPSR 25111)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1994 (ICPSR 25112)
National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1995 (ICPSR 2259)
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2013 (ICPSR 36120)
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2014 (ICPSR 36398)
Predictors of Injury and Reporting of Intraracial, Interracial, and Racially-Biased Nonsexual Assaults, United States, 2003-2011 (ICPSR 36236)
These files are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
This study more thoroughly explored the unique nature of racially- and ethnically-motivated assaults than previous work focused on situational predictors, which was reliant on official statistics and lacked adequate comparison groups.
The data for this study came from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Agency-level data from Law Enforcement Management and Statistics (LEMAS) augmented the NIBRS data for one part of the analyses.
The NCVS contained self-reported incident-level crime data from a nationally representative victimization survey, while NIBRS contains officially-reported incident-level crime data.
There are no data files available with this study; only syntax files used by the researchers are provided.