The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "FBI uniform crime reports" ...
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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
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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
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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;
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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
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Tipsheet No: 805
This technical appendix to the Miami Herald's investigative series on Dade County's criminal justice system combines data from a variety of sources to gauge the effectiveness of the county's criminal courts and compare them to courts in other large urban areas.
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How the Philadelphia Inquirer tamed Uniform Crime Report statistics
This panel discusses how to uncover the real story behind FBI uniform crime reports. The tipsheet PDF contains 1 page and the tipsheet file contains an article written by a panelist.
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Tipsheet No: 634
This handout looks at using CAR to cover crime. The handout includes information on how to use Uniform Crime Report data from the FBI, where to go for state Uniform Crime Reporting programs, and how to track violence in schools. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org.- ask for tape #35.
Tags: Using CAR for cover crime; Tracking violence in schools
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Child Rape Victims
U.S. Department of Justice crime data brief concerning statistics on child rape victims from 1992. Published June 1994.
Tags: FBI Uniform Crime Reports Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics 2 pages
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Telling Readers what they want to know about crime
Includes a two-page tip sheet concerning what data is compiled under the UCR program, where to call for information and examples of stories produced with UCR data. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org
Tags: FBI Crime Data Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics Violent Crime Property Crime Age Race Gender