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National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009 Contact: Kara McCarthy 202-307-1241
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FIRST NATIONAL STUDY ON CRIME AGAINST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Young and middle-age persons with disabilities experienced higher rates of violence than persons of similar ages without disabilities

     WASHINGTON – The first national study on crime against persons with disabilities was released today...

Victimization During Household Burglary

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE IN ABOUT SEVEN PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLD BURGLARIES FROM 2003 THROUGH 2007

WASHINGTON – An estimated 3.7 million household burglaries occurred each year from 2003 through 2007, and about seven percent (266,560) involved some form of violent...

Violence, crimes of

Rape, sexual assault, personal robbery, or assault. This category includes both attempted and completed crimes. It does not include purse snatching and pocket picking. Murder is not measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey because of an inability to question the victim.

Completed violence - The sum of all completed rapes, sexual assaults, robberies, and assaults. See individual crime types for definitions of completed crimes.

Attempted/threatened violence - The unsuccessful attempt of rape, sexual assault, personal robbery, or assault. Includes attempted attacks or sexual assaults by means of verbal threats. See individual crime types for definitions of attempted crimes.

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Race

For the National Crime Victimization Survey, respondents self identify with one or more racial categories. Racial categories defined by the Office of Management and Budget are American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian; black or African American; Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander; and white. The race of the head of household is used in determining the race of the household for computing household crime demographics.
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Collection year

The set of victimizations reported to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) in interviews conducted during the same calendar year. This set may include victimizations that occurred in the previous calendar year, due to the retrospective nature of the NCVS interview. Collection year data are used in tables beginning in 1996. See "Data year."
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BJS FY 10 Visiting Fellow: National Crime Victimization Survey

Closing Date
BJS invites candidates to apply to its Visiting Fellow Program to undertake methodological research to enhance its capacity to redesign its NCVS. To accomplish these aims, the Fellow's methodological work would focus primarily on two objectives: developing a modular crime incident report and evaluating the optimal method to incorporate repeat victimization into annual estimates.