National Crime Victimization Survey Redesign: NCVS Crime Incident Report (CIR)

• NCJ Number: 306157
• Author(s): W. Sherman Edwards, Westat; David Cantor, Westat; Ting Yan, Westat; Hanyu Sun, Westat; Pamela Giambo, Westat
• Date Published: June 2023
• Length: 99 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 changes to the CIR in the new NCVS instrument. The report details findings from a large-scale national field test to compare differences in the measurement of victimization incident characteristics between two versions of the core NCVS instrument. It examines the performance of the changes to the CIR.