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Redesign of the National Crime Victimization SurveyAbout the redesign | BJS publications | Also by BJS staff About the redesignThe National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is one of two Justice Department measures of crime in the United States. A pioneering effort when it was begun in 1972, the survey was redesigned and the new methodology was systematically field tested and introduced starting in 1989. The first annual results from the redesigned survey were published for 1993. Why redesign? Criticism of the earlier survey's capacity to gather information about certain crimes, including sexual assaults and domestic violence, prompted numerous improvements. Improved survey methodology improves the ability of people being interviewed to recall events. Public attitudes toward victims have changed, permitting more direct questioning about sexual assaults. What is the redesign? An advisory panel of criminal justice policymakers, social scientists, victim advocates, and statisticians oversaw the work of a consortium of criminologists and social and survey scientists who conducted research on improved procedures. New questions were added to accommodate heightened interest in certain types of victimizations. Improvements in technology and survey methods were incorporated in the redesign. The survey now includes improved questions and cues that aid victims in recalling victimizations. Survey interviewers now ask more explicit questions about sexual victimizations. Advocates have also encouraged victims to talk more openly about their experiences. Together, these changes substantially improve reporting for many types of personal and household crime. What are the results of the redesign? Victims are now reporting more types of crime incidents to the survey's interviewers. Previously undetected victimizations are being captured. For example, the survey changes have substantially increased the number of rapes and aggravated and simple assaults reported to interviewers. For the first time, other victimizations, such as non-rape sexual assault and unwanted or coerced sexual contact that involves a threat or attempt to harm, are also being measured. BJS publicationsThis list is in order of the most recent publication first. Additional titles are listed on other topical pages and a comprehensive list is contained on the BJS publications page. To see a full abstract of a publication with links to electronic versions of the publication, click on the title below. The Effects of the Redesign on Victimization Estimates, 4/97. Compares the effect on victimization rates of old and new methodology used in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), a major source of national statistics on crimes and victims. NCJ 164381 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Redesign: Press Release, 10/30/94. Provides basic findings on the first data for 1993 from the NCVS, comparing levels and rates of crime in 1993 versus 1992. NCJ 151169 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Redesign: Fact Sheet 10/94. Summarizes the redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey. NCJ 151170 National Crime Victimization Survey Redesign: Technical Background, 10/30/94. Explains changes in the questionnaire and survey procedures and shows the impact of the redesign on findings. NCJ 151172 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Redesign: Questions & Answers, 10/30/94. Provides answers to frequently asked questions about the redesign. NCJ 151171 The Nation's Two Crime Measures, 11/95 Describes the purposes and methodologies of the Uniform Crime Reports of the FBI and the National Crime Victimization Survey of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. NCJ 122705 Also by BJS staffTaylor, Bruce M. and Michael R. Rand, " The National Crime Victimization Survey Redesign: New Understandings of Victimization Dynamics and Measurement," Paper prepared for presentation at the 1995 American Statistical Association Annual Meeting, August 13-17, 1995 in Orlando, Florida. |
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