NIJ FY 2026 State and Local Collection and Reporting of Crime Data
Funds research into why local and state crime data doesn't match what actually happened, and how to fix it.
Local and state crime statistics are supposed to describe what actually happened. Often they don't, and policy gets built on the gap anyway. This notice funds research into why.
The work is rigorous research into the accuracy of crime data collection and reporting practices across state and local jurisdictions. The goal is naming the common failure points and building best practices that are scal…
Research examining the accuracy of state and local crime data collection and reporting practices, identifying common failure points and developing scalable, widely adoptable best practices, with particular interest in fidelity between reported offense data and actual events and in strengthening data governance.
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