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Panelists will describe the recent efforts and updates regarding the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and the Victimization Statistics Unit at the Bureau of Justice Statistics. This panel will include updates on the NCVS data collection, including the impact of COVID-19 and new data products. Findings from the NCVS 2018 Identify Theft Supplement, and 2017 Supplemental Fraud Survey will be discussed. Also, the development of BJS’ new victimization data tool will be discussed and a demonstration presented.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National 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 about 150,000 household interviews, composed of nearly 240,000 interviews of persons within those households, on the frequency, characteristics, and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. The NCVS is a rich source of data on the nature of and victim response to crimes reported and not reported to police.

The FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) provides law enforcement agencies with a more complete picture of crime incidents than ever before. NIBRS maximizes available crime data by allowing analysts to pull more timely and comprehensive information. Video run time: 2:42 min.

On January 1, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will retire the Summary Reporting System (SRS) and transition to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to collect and maintain crime data. Video run time: 4:43 min.

The future of the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is here with the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). NIBRS is a more robust database that takes UCR data to the next level by capturing wide-ranging details on crime incidents and separate offenses within the same incident, including information on victims, known offenders, relationships between victims and offenders, arrestees, and property involved in the crimes. Video run time: 5:08 min.