Nebraska Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Manual for Automated Agencies November, 2000 Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 301 Centennial Mall South, P.O. Box 94946 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4946 (402) 471-2194 TABLE OF CONTENTS NEBRASKA INCIDENT-BASED REPORTING SYSTEM (NIBRS) ........................ 1 Definition of "Incident” ...................................................... 4 DATA REQUIREMENTS .......................................................... 7 Requirements for each Group A Offense ......................................... 8 Requirements for Arrests for Group A and Group B Offenses ......................... 15 DEFINITIONS OF BASIC CORE, ADDITIONAL DATA ELEMENT AND ARRESTEE ELEMENTS Age .................................................................... 17 Aggravated Assault / Homicide Circumstances .................................... 17 Armed With . 18 Arrest Date . 19 Arrest (Transaction) Number ................................................. 19 Arrest Offense Code ........................................................ 19 Attempted / Completed ..................................................... 19 Criminal Activity Type ..................................................... 20 Date Recovered ........................................................... 20 Disposition of Arrestee Under Age 18 .......................................... 20 Drug Type / Type Criminal Activity (Arrestee) ................................... 21 Estimated Drug Quantity / Type Drug Measurement ............................... 21 Ethnicity ................................................................ 22 Exceptional Clearance ...................................................... 22 Exceptional Clearance Date .................................................. 23 Felony / Other . ........................................................... 24 Gang Information . 24 Geocode ................................................................. 24 Hate / Bias Motivation ...................................................... 24 Incident Date/Hour ......................................................... 25 Incident Number .......................................................... 25 Injury Type .............................................................. 25 Location Type ............................................................ 26 Method of Entry ........................................................... 27 Multiple Clearance Indicator ................................................. 27 Number of Premises Entered ................................................. 28 Number of Recovered Motor Vehicles .......................................... 28 Number of Stolen Motor Vehicles ............................................. 28 Offender Number(s) to be Related to Victim ...................................... 28 Offender(s) Suspected of Using ............................................... 29 Offense Code ............................................................. 29 ORI Number ............................................................. 30 Property Description ....................................................... 30 Property Loss/Etc. Type ..................................................... 32 Race .................................................................... 32 Relationship of Victim to Offender ............................................. 32 Resident Status ............................................................ 33 i Sequence Number ......................................................... 34 Sex .................................................................... 34 State Statute Number ....................................................... 34 Suspected Drug Type (Drug Seizures) .......................................... 35 Type of Arrest ............................................................ 36 Value of Property .......................................................... 36 Victim Connected to Offense Code ............................................ 36 Victim Type .............................................................. 37 Weapon / Force Used Type .................................................. 37 DEFINITIONS .................................................................. 39 Definitions of Group A Offenses ..................................................... 40 Arson .................................................................. 40 Assault ................................................................. 40 Bribery ................................................................. 42 Burglary / Breaking and Entering ............................................. 42 Forgery / Counterfeiting .................................................... 43 Destruction / Damage / Vandalism of Property ................................... 44 Drug / Narcotic Offenses .................................................... 44 Embezzlement ........................................................... 44 Extortion / Blackmail ...................................................... 45 Fraud Offenses ........................................................... 45 Gambling Offenses ........................................................ 47 Homicide Offenses ........................................................ 47 Kidnaping / Abduction ..................................................... 49 Larceny / Theft Offenses .................................................... 49 Motor Vehicle Theft ....................................................... 52 Pornography / Obscene Material .............................................. 53 Prostitution Offenses ....................................................... 53 Robbery ................................................................ 54 Sex Offenses, Forcible ..................................................... 54 Sex Offenses, Nonforcible ................................................... 56 Stolen Property Offenses .................................................... 56 Weapon Law Violations .................................................... 56 Definitions of Group B Offenses ..................................................... 57 Bad Checks .............................................................. 57 Curfew / Loitering / Vagrancy Violations ....................................... 57 Disorderly Conduct ........................................................ 57 Driving Under the Influence ................................................. 57 Family Offenses, Nonviolent ................................................. 58 Peeping Tom ............................................................ 58 Runaway ................................................................ 58 Trespass of Real Property ................................................... 58 Minor in Possession of Alcoholic Liquors ....................................... 58 Other Liquor Law Violations ................................................ 59 All Other Offenses ........................................................ 59 GROUP A AND GROUP B OFFENSES / NEBRASKA STATE STATUTES ................ 61 OFFENSE LOOKUP TABLE ...................................................... 70 ii NEBRASKA INCIDENT-BASED REPORTING SYSTEM (NIBRS) NIBRS is an “incident-based” reporting system which means data are collected on each single crime occurrence. NIBRS data are designed to be generated as a byproduct of a local department’s automated records system. Thus, a department can build its computer system to suit its individual needs, including all the information required for administrative and operational purposes. Only the data required by NIBRS are then extracted and reported to the state. NIBRS data are submitted on computer diskette to the state. NIBRS differs from the historical Uniform Crime Reporting system in the following ways: C The Part I and Part II Offenses have been replaced by the Group A and Group B Offenses. There are 22 Group A Offenses and 12 Group B Offenses. (The Part I offenses have been retained within the Group A Offenses for historical purposes.) Offense and arrest data are collected for Group A Offenses and only arrest data are collected for Group B Offenses. C The Offense/Activity Report, Arrest Report, Homicide and Rape Reports have been replaced by the Group A “Incident Report” and the Group B “Arrest Report”. (These two reports should not be confused with an incident report form or any other law enforcement records medium used to collect data about offenses reported to law enforcement.) The Group A and Group B reports are submitted via computer diskette. C The codes used for the Group A and Group B offenses are based upon the codes used in the NCIC (National Crime Information Center) system. The same codes are used for both Group A offenses and arrests. C The "Hierarchy Rule" is not used in NIBRS. If more than one crime was committed by the same person or group of persons and the time and space intervals separating the crimes were insignificant, all crimes are to be reported under the same incident. (If a murder and a rape are committed within the same incident, both the murder and the rape are now reportable in NIBRS.) C Collection of victim data on all crimes where the victim is an individual, not just Homicide and Rape. C NIBRS allows for the reporting of attempted versus completed on all crimes. C Requires that every Group A arrest be connected to an offense. While most agencies already use the Incident (Case) Number on the Arrest Report, it is a