Interstate Identification Index
Encyclopedia
The Interstate Identification Index or III is a national index of criminal histories (or rap sheets) in the United States of America, maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI). Included in this index are individuals who have been arrested or indicted for "a serious criminal offense anywhere in the country." Search results from the III give a list of states that have criminal history on a given person. An investigator or analyst may then query those states directly to get specific criminal history, either through the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) or by other means. Simply put, if all the criminal histories of each state were put in one (very large) book, the III would be the index
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This is significant because the criminal justice system of each participating state is now no longer a completely closed system; the increased exchange of information between different law enforcement agencies increases the chances of catching multi-state offenders.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
(FBI). Included in this index are individuals who have been arrested or indicted for "a serious criminal offense anywhere in the country." Search results from the III give a list of states that have criminal history on a given person. An investigator or analyst may then query those states directly to get specific criminal history, either through the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) or by other means. Simply put, if all the criminal histories of each state were put in one (very large) book, the III would be the index
Index (publishing)
An index is a list of words or phrases and associated pointers to where useful material relating to that heading can be found in a document...
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This is significant because the criminal justice system of each participating state is now no longer a completely closed system; the increased exchange of information between different law enforcement agencies increases the chances of catching multi-state offenders.
See also
- National Crime Information Center
- ED354314 - National Crime Information Center Mandatory Minimum Standards Curriculum for Full Access Terminal Operators. Volume One--Administrative Issues, Policy and the Interstate Identification Index. at the U.S. Department of Education web site.
- National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact 42 U.S.C. 14611-16 at the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services web site.