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BJS has initiated projects to identify, develop, and test the best methods for collecting self-report data on rape and sexual assault. In June 2011, BJS charged an expert panel from the National Research Council's Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) to examine conceptual and methodological issues surrounding survey statistics on rape and sexual assault and to recommend to BJS the best methods for obtaining such statistics on an ongoing basis. In September 2011, BJS made a competitive award to Westat, Inc., to develop and test two different survey designs for collecting self-report data on rape and sexual assault. One design is to be an optimal design identified by the CNSTAT panel and the other will be similar to designs used in the public health approach for measuring rape and sexual assault. Estimates from these two designs will be compared to data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
Additionally, in 2015, BJS conducted the Campus Climate Survey Validation Study (CCSVS). The purpose of the study is to develop and test a survey instrument and methodology for efficiently collecting valid school-level data on campus climate and sexual violence. Please see the project summary for more information.
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Rape and Sexual Assault Pilot Test
Campus Climate Survey Validation Study
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Campus Climate Survey Validation Study Final Technical Report Presents the results of a nine-school pilot test that was conducted to develop a campus climate survey that collects school-level data on sexual victimization of undergraduate students. | |
PDF (5.7M) | ASCII file (398K) | Revised CCSVS Survey Instrument (PDF 495K) | Appendix A: Cognitive Interview Materials (PDF 284K) | Appendix B: Pilot Study Instrument (PDF 712K) | Appendix C: Pilot Study Materials (PDF 1.46M) | Appendix D: Response Rates, by School (PDF 58K) | Appendix E: Data Tables for Sexual Assault, Rape, and Sexual Battery (PDF 2M) | Appendix F: Data Tables for Sexual Harassment and Coercion (PDF 105K) | Appendix G: Data Tables for Intimate Partner Violence (PDF 73K) | Appendix H: Data Tables for Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Perpetration (PDF 79K) | Appendix I: Data Tables for School Connectedness and Campus Climate (PDF 140K) | Appendix J: Data Tables for Experiment Results (PDF 74K)
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