Primary Goal
The primary goal of Missouri's Statistical Analysis Center is to provide traffic safety and criminal justice statistics to federal, state, and local authorities, public policy decision-makers, and the general public. The SAC also provides technical support through evaluation studies and research initiatives.
Operational Goals
To attain its overall goal as it relates to research and information services, the Missouri SAC has set a series of operational goals:
- Promote design, development, implementation, and maintenance of criminal justice and traffic safety information and statistical systems in the State;
- Provide objective interpretative analysis of criminal justice and traffic safety data;
- Generate statistical reports on Missouri's traffic crash and crime experience;
- Provide and coordinate technical assistance in statistical aspects of Missouri's criminal justice and traffic safety systems;
- Upgrade the overall capability of criminal justice agencies to statistically analyze data; and
- Conduct and promote criminal justice and traffic safety research.