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Management Issues in the Analysis of Large-Scale Crime Data Sets
Pages 77-80

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... Program is a nationwide, cooperative statistical effort of approximately 16.000 city count`, and state law enforcement agencies voluntarily reporting data on crimes brought to their attention, The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has a,dn~inistered this program since 19:30.
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From page 78...
... 4 Data Utilization An example of how those interested in the study of crime can tap the potentially- rich source of new information represented by NIBRS is seen in the current Supplementary Homicide Reports data published annually by the FBI in its Crime in the United States series. Crosstabulations of various incident-based data, elements are presented, including the age.
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From page 79...
... This wasted space occupied by multiple ORI headers and filler can be eliminated by restructuring and reorganizing the current file structure into a more suitable format that current statistical software packages can utilize. Even with the restructuring of the current record formats, the annual collection of NIBRS data will still result in a large volume of data to be organized' stored and analyzed.
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From page 80...
... Criminal justice data have a short shelf life, because detection of current trends is i~nportant for planning and interdiction effectiveness. Can new methods be found to process massive data files and produce information in a time frame that is useful to the criminal justice com~nunit\'?
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