{
  "id": "2002-november-december-data-boosts-crime-stories",
  "slug": "2002-november-december-data-boosts-crime-stories",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2002-november-december-data-boosts-crime-stories.html",
  "year": 2002,
  "month": "November December",
  "monthNum": 11,
  "headline": "Data boosts crime stories",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "Megan Christensen",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "IRE and NICAR",
  "summary": "Reporters have leveraged computer-assisted reporting and data analysis, using resources such as the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, to enhance their coverage of national and local crime trends.",
  "keywords": [
    "crime",
    "data analysis",
    "reporting"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Crime & Justice",
    "Data & Databases",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "For the resourceful journalist using computer-assisted reporting, there are as many great criminal justice stories waiting to be written as there are Law & Order reruns on cable. Stories about local and national crime trends often begin with the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports. The data is compiled from voluntary reports submitted by city, county, state and national law enforcement agencies. Roughly 95 percent of all police agencies report their data, which outlines crime totals and details homicides. The database also contains information about law enforcement agencies and officers, and demographics of people arrested for major crimes. A useful companion is the National Crime Victimization Survey, a Department of Justice report based on a household survey designed to estimate the incidence of crimes such as theft, robbery, assault and burglary. Journalists can use the data to estimate crimes that may not have been reported to law enforcement.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "pre-v2",
    "extracted_at": "",
    "verified": true
  },
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