National Crime Victimization Survey

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The National Crime Victimization Survey is a large-scale, nationally representative survey that measures the frequency, characteristics, and impact of criminal victimization in the United States, including crimes not reported to police.

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instanceOf crime survey
household survey
victimization survey
administeredBy Bureau of Justice Statistics
United States Department of Justice
surface form: U.S. Department of Justice
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crimeTypeCoverage aggravated assault
household burglary
motor vehicle theft
rape
robbery
sexual assault
simple assault
theft
dataCollectionMethod household interviews
self-report survey
dataUse analyze crime trends
compare with Uniform Crime Reports
estimate national crime rates
inform criminal justice policy
support academic research
designedTo capture dark figure of crime
excludesCrimes commercial crimes
crimes against children under 12
homicide
formerName National Crime Victimization Survey self-linksurface differs
surface form: National Crime Survey
frequency ongoing survey
measures characteristics of victimization
crimes not reported to police
demographic characteristics of victims
economic losses
frequency of victimization
impact of victimization
injuries
location of incidents
reporting to police
time of incidents
use of weapons
victim-offender relationship
population U.S. residents age 12 or older
primaryPurpose complement police-reported crime data
estimate unreported crime
measure criminal victimization
samplingDesign stratified multistage cluster sample
samplingFrame noninstitutionalized population
scope nationally representative
sponsor Bureau of Justice Statistics
startDate 1973
unitOfObservation household
individual

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Bureau of Justice Statistics publishes National Crime Victimization Survey
BJS publishes National Crime Victimization Survey
BJS publishes National Crime Victimization Survey
this entity surface form: Reports on criminal victimization in the United States
National Crime Victimization Survey formerName National Crime Victimization Survey self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: National Crime Survey