Document Type
Report
Publication Date
7-2014
Publication Title
Program Report: U.S. Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Abstract
The United States uses two national data collection systems to track detailed information on homicides: the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Supplementary Homicide Reports and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Fatal Injury Reports. Both measures were developed as part of a federal effort to improve national statistical systems in the early twentieth century and have gone through a number of changes since then to improve their consistency and coverage. Each program provides valuable information on the nature, trends, and patterns of homicides in the United States. Although the two measures generally capture information on the same types of events, they are designed for distinct purposes and collect different types of information. In combination, however, they produce a fairly comprehensive understanding of homicide, the most serious form of violence.
Repository Citation
Regoeczi, Wendy C.; Banks, Duren; Planty, Michael; Langton, Lynn; and Warner, Margaret, "The Nation's Two Measures of Homicide" (2014). Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications. 124.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clsoc_crim_facpub/124
Original Citation
http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5068
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publisher's Statement
NCJ 247060
