JIRN Brown Bag: Examining Crime Clearance Rates Using Illinois NIBRS Data

Staff from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) will highlight their SJS-funded work exploring Illinois NIBRS data and crime clearance patterns. In 2020, Illinois transitioned from the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS) to NIBRS, with the Illinois State Police serving as the repository host and the ICJIA acting as the statewide criminal justice information […]

JIRN Brown Bag: Idaho Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)

Join Idaho SAC staff discussing their work on their state’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) grant. Specifically, they are working on Purpose Area 3, the Census of Convicted Offenders. For this project, SAC staff compiled a list of all offenders who legally owe their DNA profile to the state under Idaho’s DNA Database Act and […]