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The Negative Impact of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Transition on Gun Violence Research

This publication offers an overview of the problems stemming from the unreliability of 2021 federal crime data as the result of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s ongoing transition from its Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Summary Reporting System (SRS) to the new National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).