Last year marked the first year the FBI stopped collecting Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data and only took National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data from police agencies. Now, 16 months after they started collecting data, we still have another 6 or 7 months to wait until they release the dat. Thee FBI typically releases NIBRS in October or November of the year following the data collection. NIBRS data has been around since 1991, so criminologists have had over 30 years to prepare for using NIBRS data instead of relying on UCR data. I don’t think they used this time well, and we’ll soon be entering a painful era for criminology in handling this transition. One that I do not believe many are ready for or even anticipate.