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• Broadcast: Off-Camera Secrets for Getting Sources on Camera

  "No interview, no problem. From the FBI to a suspected serial killer, here are tips on how to convince the most difficult subjects to talk."

  Tags: sources; off-camera interviews; whistleblowers

  By Pia Malbran

  2011

• Check your sources: Figuring out what criminal justice data and documents really say

  Gabrielson's tipsheet addresses identifying the shortcomings in data - specifically criminal justice data. Gabrielson points out common mistakes made when using the data, and how to avoid them.

  Tags: Uniform Crime Reports; police records; Federal Bureau of Investigations; FBI; clearance rates; clearance rates; conviction rates

  By Ryan Gabrielson

  2010

• How to investigate police crime reporting and statistics: a cookbook

  This tipsheet is a great primer for anyone covering cops and crime and utilizing the FBI's Uniform Crime Report(UCR). Thompson and Eiserer identify the preliminary legwork to do so your ready to cover stories as they arise.

  Tags: Uniform Crime Reports (UCR); police; crime; assault; burglary; robbery; police reports; federal funding

  By Steve Thompson; Tanya Eiserer

  2010

• Cracking the Justice System

  McCoy and Purcell discuss the computer-assisted work they did in reporting their series "Justice: Delayed, Dismissed, Denied." They explain the data you should gather when reporting on the courts, and the stories you can find within those numbers.

  Tags: courts; crime data; Uniform Crime Report; FBI; Federal Bureau of Investigation;

  By Craig R. McCoy; Dylan Purcell

  2010

• Hidden crimes: UCR data, and what’s not there

  This tipsheet addresses use of the Uniform Crime Reports, pointing out it "is only as good as the agencies that report data. Police in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta and St. Louis have been caught hiding crimes to make the cities look safer than they really were." Fazlollah addresses how to spot problems with the data.

  Tags: Federal Bureau of investigations; FBI; Uniform Crime Reports; UCR; statistcs; crime reporting; advanced techniques

  By Mark Fazlollah

  2009

• Understanding Crime Statistics

  LaFleur discusses crime statistics, including FBI crime data. She discusses the basics of using this sort of data, as well as how to do integrity checks. The tipsheet includes reprints of stories in which the author analyzed crime statistics.

  Tags: crime; statistics; math; data analysis; FBI

  By Jennifer LaFleur

  2008

• Strong Coffee: Using Databases to Investigate Drunken Driving

  Branan explores the value of pursuing a story on drunk driving, including what databases are helpful in such an investigation, and how to verify and analyze the information.

  Tags: drunk driving; drunken driving; databases; CAR; computer-assisted reporting; FARS (Fatality Analysis Reporting Systems); FBI Age, Race, Sex table, Justice data;

  By Brad Branan

  2007

• Investigating forensics

  Mejia comprehensively explains crime lab investigations. She suggests what questions to start with, what types of tests to examine, online resources, sources to interview, and documents to find.

  Tags: crime labs; law enforcement; forensics; science; criminal justice system; courts; FBI; police

  By Robin Mejia

  2006

• Mapping Registered Sex Offenders

  This tipsheet covers the basics of how to do a mapping story about registered sex offenders. It includes sections on getting started, potential stories, warnings and how to utilize your news organization's website.

  Tags: criminals; FBI data; sex offender registry; FOIA; ArcView

  By Chris Halsne, Jeff Porter

  2005

• Behind the Criminal Justice System Veil

  Archibald's tipsheet offers a host of places to search out data to take crime reporting beyond the basics, and hold authority figures accountable. It notes databases from county coroners, prisons and DUI offenses and suggests story ideas, including the mapping of the locations of frequent crimes.

  Tags: crime; databases; CAR; computer-assisted reporting; FBI; coroner; prison; police; Tracfed; DUI; Arcview; GIS

  By John Archibald

  2004