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Crime and Victims Statistics
Pages with additional information, statistics, and publications about:
See Data Online for State and local data on crime trends and homicide trends and victim characteristics Summary findingsAccording to the BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)--
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reports,--
For more information about the purposes and advantages of the UCR and the NCVS, see The Nation's Two Crime Measures.
BJS criminal victimization data collectionsNational Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the Nation's
primary source of information on criminal victimization. Each year, data
are obtained from a nationally representative sample of 76,000
households comprising nearly 135,300 persons on the frequency, characteristics
and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. The survey
enables BJS to estimate the likelihood of victimization by rape, sexual
assault, robbery, assault, theft, household burglary, and motor vehicle
theft for the population as a whole as well as for segments of the population
such as women, the elderly, members of various racial groups, city dwellers,
or other groups. The NCVS provides the largest national forum for victims
to describe the impact of crime and characteristics of violent offenders. Redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey
City-level survey of crime victimization and citizen attitudes. BJS in a joint effort with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) conducted victimization surveys in 12 selected cities. The standard National Crime Victimization Survey instrument was used with questions about citizen perceptions of community policing and neighborhood issues. All sampled household residents age 12 or older were included in the survey. Participating cities were -- Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO, Knoxville, TN, Los Angeles, CA, Madison, WI, New York, NY, San Diego, CA, Savannah, GA, Spokane, WA, Springfield, MA, Tucson, AZ, Washington, DC. Emergency Room Statistics on Intentional Violence
collects data on intentional injuries, such as domestic violence,
rape, and child abuse, from a national sample of hospital emergency rooms.
Through the Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic
Injury Surveillance System, information is obtained on characteristics of
the victim and perpetrator, victim-perpetrator relationship, alcohol/drug
involvement in the incident, and description of circumstances of
injury. National Computer Security Survey (NCSS). The goal of NCSS is to produce reliable national and industry-level estimates of the prevalence of computer security incidents (such as denial of service attacks, fraud, or theft of information) against businesses and the resulting losses incurred by businesses. The first national survey of thousands of businesses is being conducted in 2006. It is cosponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The RAND Corporation is the data collection agent. The NCSS collects data on -
Justice Survey Software (JSS)BJS has developed FREE web-based software for State and local justice agencies to conduct their own surveys to collect data on topics such as crime victimization, attitudes towards policing, and other community or organizational related issues using standardized questions available from various sources
Langan, Patrick A. and Matthew R. Durose (BJS statisticians) The Remarkable Drop in Crime in New York City, (Paper presented at the International Conference on Crime, Rome, Italy, December 2003) Lauritsen, Janet L. and Shannan Catalano; "National Crime Victimization Surveys" Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, Vol. 2, 2005 Rand, Michael, R. and Callie Marie Rennison; "True Crime Stories? Accounting for Differences in our National Crime Indicators" Chance, Vol. 15 No. 1, 2002 Selected statisticsCriminal
Victimization in the United States - Statistical Tables
1996-2006 data are currently available, 8/08 To find tables using keywords, see the Table index. Related sites
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