National Crime Victimization Survey Redesign: Measuring Crime in the NCVS

• NCJ Number: 306156
• Author(s): W. Sherman Edwards, Westat; David Cantor, Westat; Ting Yan, Westat; Hanyu Sun, Westat; Pamela Giambo, Westat
• Date Published: June 2023
• Length: 167 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2013-MU-CX-K054; 2019-R2-CX-K001
• Agencies: BJS-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Third-Party Report

Description

This report was produced by Westat for BJS to describe the measurement of criminal victimization in the new NCVS instrument. The report details findings from a large-scale national field test to compare differences in the measurement of criminal victimization between two versions of the core NCVS instrument. It examines the performance of the Victimization Screener and Crime Incident Report used in determining the type of crime.