Roundtable: Using National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) data for criminal justice research

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Sessions

Abstract/Description

Since 1983, the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) has been a rich source of data for criminal justice researchers. The program, managed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), collects annual offender-level administrative, demographic, sentencing, conviction, and incarceration information from states across the country.

This roundtable will include both BJS staff, and NIJ-funded researchers currently engaged in NCRP-related research. The session will begin with a discussion of how the NCRP can be accessed by researchers and then detail how BJS and the Robina Institute use NCRP to answer important research questions.

Sub Unit

• Area XIV. Roundtables

Chair

• Nancy Merritt, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice

Discussants

• Julia Laskorunsky, Robina Institute, University of Minnesota Law School

• Gerry Gaes, Florida State University

• Richard Kluckow, Chief, Corrections Statistics Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics

Organized by a Division or external group?

Organized by staff of the National Institute of Justice, (NIJ), and Bureau of Justice Statistics, (BJS), with the U.S. Department of Justice, (DOJ).