Join BJS and FBI staff tomorrow (February 17) at 1:00 p.m. ET for a webinar on their work to establish methods for estimating reported crime based on data submitted to the FBI?s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).?Our panel of experts will discuss accomplishments to date, efforts to evaluate NIBRS data, implications of data quality and coverage for estimating crime at the state and national levels, and key indicators to be estimated through the new system.
Panelists:
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Erica L. Smith, Chief, Law Enforcement Incident-Based Statistics Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Cynthia Barnett-Ryan, Data Scientist, Programs Research and Standards Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Marcus Berzofsky, Senior Research Statistician, RTI International
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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