Editing Uniform Crime Reports (section)

=== Development of NIBRS (1980s-present) ===
Throughout the 1980s, a series of National UCR Conferences were with members from the IACP, Department of Justice, including the FBI, and newly formed [[Bureau of Justice Statistics]] (BJS). The purpose was to determine necessary system revisions and then implement them. The result of these conferences was the release of a ''Blueprint for the Future of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program''<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=U.S. Department of Justice |url=https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/bjs/98348.pdf |title=Blueprint for the Future of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program: Final Report of the UCR Study |last2=Bureau of Justice Statistics |last3=Federal Bureau of Investigation |year=1985}}</ref> release in May 1985, detailing the necessary revisions. The key recommendations made by the report were 1) a move to requesting data on each individual offense rather than monthly totals, 2) a move to requesting more detailed data about crime incidents including more specific data used to classify offenses and information like the victim and offender's demographic characteristics, their relationship, and the location of the crime, and 3) quality assurance measures like routine audits, minimum reporting-system standards, increased feedback to and from local agencies, and strengthening of state-level UCR Programs. 

These recommendations were implemented in the form of the [[National Incident-Based Reporting System]] (NIBRS). The FBI began accepting data in the new NIBRS format in January 1989.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last1=U.S. Department of Justice |url=https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/125018NCJRS.pdf |title=Crime in the United States: Uniform Crime Reports, 1989 |last2=Federal Bureau of Investigation |date=August 5, 1990 |year=1990}}</ref> For many years, the FBI collected UCR data in both the NIBRS and traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS) formats. In 2015, in consultation with their law enforcement partners and the [[FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division|Criminal Justice Information Services]] (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board, the FBI announced that it would be retiring the SRS format.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Christman |first1=Michael A. |last2=Piquero |first2=Alexis R. |date=2022-10-05 |title=New and Better Crime Data for the Nation |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/blog/new-and-better-crime-data-nation |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs |language=en}}</ref> As of January 1, 2021, the SRS has been discontinued and been fully replaced by (NIBRS).<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Federal Bureau of Investigation |title=National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) |url=https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/more-fbi-services-and-information/ucr/nibrs |access-date=September 17, 2024}}</ref>