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Appendix A: Charge to the Panel on Modernizing the Nation's Crime Statistics
Pages 171-174

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... The review will focus on full and accurate measurement of criminal victimization events and their attributes, considering types of crime (and their definitions) , including the current scope of crime types covered by existing Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
From page 172...
... ; the possible role of integrating data from non-FBI/BJS and nongovernmental sources (such as from credit card companies) into crime measurement; and capabilities for flexibly identifying and measuring new and emerging crime types going forward; and • Implementation -- How to maximize the use of locally collected and existing data as well as information technology assets while minding the voluntary nature of crime reporting in current systems, minimizing the effects of changes on state, local, and tribal law enforcement information management systems, meeting the needs of local law enforcement operations, and populating the national FBI and BJS data collections.
From page 173...
... APPENDIX A 173 panel will produce a final report at the end of the study that addresses ways to ensure that the nation has an integrated, complete, and contemporary set of indicators of the full range of crime (including the best means for disseminating data and findings) and document the joint role of FBI and BJS in producing those indicators.


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