NIBRS data replace the summary data of which FBI program?

• A. Uniform Crime Reporting Program
• B. National Incident-Based Reporting System
• C. FBI Data Center
• D. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Answer: (A)

The main idea is the shift from collecting crime data in summary form to collecting it incident by incident. NIBRS, the National Incident-Based Reporting System, is designed to replace the older summary data collected by the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The UCR program used a Summary Reporting System to publish aggregate counts, while NIBRS collects detailed data for each incident and offenses, expanding depth and specificity. That’s why NIBRS data are said to replace the summary data of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The other options don’t fit because the National Incident-Based Reporting System is the system being implemented, not the program whose summary data are being replaced; the FBI Data Center is a data repository; and the Bureau of Justice Statistics is a separate agency that compiles crime data, not the program whose summary data are replaced.