NIBRS

This report examines publicly available data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), building on a series of reports developed through a SAC grant to evaluate sex and racial disproportionalities across crimes against persons, property, and society, with the goal of better understanding which demographic groups are most impacted and how these trends vary over time, while also integrating these findings to assess differences across crime types collectively.

Through the use of publicly available data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to evaluate sex and racial disparities and disproportionalities, this report, which is part of a series of NIBRS reports, will endeavor to better understand more about the different demographic groups that are most impacted, and how these trends vary by time. Furthermore, this report will assess the demographic differences in the presence of bias motivation, the use of weapons and/ or force, and the presence of familiarity in victimization in NIBRS crimes against society (i.e., offenses that represent society’s prohibitions against certain activities, such as gambling, prostitution, and drug violations - these are typically victimless crimes.

This report examines publicly available data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to evaluate sex and racial disparities and disproportionalities, aiming to better understand which demographic groups are most impacted and how these trends vary over time, while also assessing demographic differences in the presence of injury, bias motivation, the use of weapons and/or force, and victim-offender familiarity in crimes against property.

This report examines publicly available data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to evaluate sex and racial disparities and disproportionalities, aiming to better understand which demographic groups are most impacted and how these trends vary over time, while also assessing differences in the presence of injury, bias motivation, the use of weapons and/or force, and victim-offender familiarity in crimes against persons.