1. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics
Status Report on NCHIP
Gerry Ramker
Bureau of Justice Statistics
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St. Louis, MO
July 2006
July 2006

2. NCHIP National Initiatives
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NCHIP National Initiatives
SEARCH:
Technical Assistance
National conferences and workshops
Surveys
Intergovernmental Coordination
REJIS - Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Project
SDC – Evaluation and RQI
July 2006
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July 2006

3. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Accomplishments
Improved accessibility of records
Record & fingerprint automation
Participation in III
NICS checks
Protection orders, DV convictions
Sex offender records/registries
July 2006
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July 2006

4. Status of Criminal History Records: SEARCH Surveys
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Status of Criminal History Records: SEARCH Surveys
Growth:
Total records: 43%
III-Accessible records: 83%
July 2006
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July 2006

5. Reasons for Rejection of Firearm Transfer Applications: FIST bulletins
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Reasons for Rejection of Firearm Transfer Applications: FIST bulletins
July 2006
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July 2006

6. National Records Quality Index (NRQI)
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National Records Quality Index (NRQI)
The NRQI nearly tripled between 1997 and 2003, growing by 169% in this period.
July 2006
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July 2006

7. Grants to States/Territories
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Grants to States/Territories
*Expected
July 2006
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July 2006

8. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Senate Mark
July 2006
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July 2006

9. Needs to Be Addressed in 2006
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Needs to Be Addressed in 2006
Disposition completeness
NICS index file submissions
Protection order records
III Compliance
July 2006
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July 2006

10. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Updating and automating case outcomes from courts and prosecutors in State and FBI records
July 2006
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July 2006

11. Disposition Completeness Source: SEARCH Surveys
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Disposition Completeness Source: SEARCH Surveys
States/Territories
July 2006
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July 2006

12. Disposition Completeness Source: RQI Data Collection by SDC
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Disposition Completeness Source: RQI Data Collection by SDC
States/Territories
July 2006
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July 2006

13. Disposition Completeness Source: SEARCH Surveys & RQI measure
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Disposition Completeness Source: SEARCH Surveys & RQI measure
States/Territories
July 2006
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July 2006

14. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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2. Transmitting records to: - NICS Index Files - NCIC Protection Order File - NCIC Convicted Sexual Offender File
July 2006
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15. NICS Index Files: Contents
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NICS Index Files: Contents
July 2006
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July 2006

16. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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NICS Index Files
Data source: FBI CJIS, April 1, 2006 AK WA VT NH MT ND ME MN MA OR ID SD WI NY RI WY MI IA PA CT NE NV OH IL IN UT NJ CA CO WV KS MO VA KY DE NC TN AZ OK AR MD NM SC MS AL GA DC HI LA TX MP FL PR GM VI AS
Zero (0) records
At least 1 record
July 2006
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July 2006

17. NCIC Convicted Sexual Offender Registry File
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NCIC Convicted Sexual Offender Registry File
Data source: FBI CJIS April 6, 2006 AK WA VT NH MT ND ME MN MA OR ID SD WI NY RI WY MI IA PA CT NE NV OH IL IN UT NJ CA CO WV KS MO VA KY DE NC TN AZ OK AR MD NM SC MS AL GA DC HI LA TX MP FL PR GM VI AS
Zero (0) records
At least 1 record
July 2006
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July 2006

18. NCIC Protection Order File
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NCIC Protection Order File
Data source: FBI CJIS April 6, 2006 AK WA VT NH MT ND ME MN MA OR ID SD WI NY RI WY MI IA PA CT NE NV OH IL IN UT NJ CA CO WV KS MO VA KY DE NC TN AZ OK AR MD NM SC MS AL GA DC HI LA TX MP FL PR GM VI AS
Zero (0) records
At least 1 record
July 2006
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July 2006

19. 3. Full participation in the Interstate Identification Index (III).
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3. Full participation in the Interstate Identification Index (III).
4. Automating access to information concerning persons prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm.
July 2006
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July 2006

20. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Status of FY 2006 Grants
Selection Criteria.
Fifty-two (52) applications received.
$27+ million requested.
Expecting to make 38 awards - Ongoing work with grantees.
July 2006
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July 2006

21. Other Criminal History Record Improvement Projects
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Other Criminal History Record Improvement Projects
Multi-State Sex Offender Recidivism Study
SJS Grant projects (selected)
NLETS Standardized Rap Sheet Project
Tribal Criminal History Record Improvement Project
NCIC file data quality reviews:
Unidentified Persons file
Protection Order file
JRSA Study:
Unidentified Persons File: Currently there are over 6,000 cases of unidentified human remains in the FBI’s National Crime Information Center’s (NCIC) “unidentified person’s file”. Law enforcement officials, advocates, and researchers, however, estimated that the real number of unidentified persons in the United States in upwards of 40,000. The Bureau of Justice Statistics is currently writing a techinical report which will explore the history of the NCIC unidentified persons file as well as compare the number of unidentified cases in it with the numbers reported by offices in the 2005 Census of Meedical Examiner and Coroners. This will be the first time that actual national and state-by-state estimates will be available for comparison with those cases in the NCIC unidentified persons file.
July 2006
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July 2006

22. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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QUESTIONS
Gerard F. Ramker
Branch Chief, Criminal Statistics Improvement Programs
United States Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Statistics
810 7th Street, N.W., Room 2323
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) Fax: (202)
July 2006