National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2023
Reflections on the NCVS at 50, and Why It Still Matters
By Laura Evans
BJS Writer-Editor
For the past 50 years, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) has been the main source of information on criminal victimization in the United States. The NCVS is sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the primary statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. It captures information on nonfatal crimes reported to police and those that are...
Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2022 and Indicator 2: Incidence of Victimization at School and Away From School
National Crime Victimization Survey Knowledge Corner - Survey Instruments
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Knowledge Corner provides quick tips and explanations for NCVS data users on a variety of topics. In this video, BJS Statistician Emilie Coen, DrPH, covers the NCVS instruments and their role in the interview process. She includes descriptions of the NCVS Control Card, basic screen questionnaire, and the crime incident report. She also provides a brief overview of the content of the instruments and additional resources on the instruments.
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Historical Perspective on the National Crime Victimization Survey…50 Years of Data and Counting
By Stephanie Eckroth, PhD
BJS Technical Writer-Editor
In coming together to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) this year, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is taking a moment to reflect on the survey’s history.
The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), BJS’s predecessor, fielded the first iteration of the NCVS (then the National Crime Survey) in July 1972. The...
50th Anniversary Celebration of the National Crime Victimization Survey
Update on the NCVS Instrument Redesign: Operational Pilot Test and Split Sample
Direct Estimation Methods and the National Crime Victimization Survey
This webinar provided an overview of methods for calculating variance of estimates from complex sample designs, including direct and indirect methods. It focused on two methods for calculating direct variance estimates: Taylor series linearization (TSL) and balanced repeated replication (BRR). The panel used SAS and SPSS to demonstrate the methods with examples using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey.
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Learn More about the NCVS (Youth Participants, Spanish)
This video provides important information about the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) for the public and for households and persons selected to participate in the survey. It includes general information about the NCVS, how households are selected, how data are collected, and the importance of the NCVS. There are separate videos for adult participants, and both are available in English and Spanish.
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Learn More about the NCVS (Adult Participants, Spanish)
This video provides important information about the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) for the public and for households and persons selected to participate in the survey. It includes general information about the NCVS, how households are selected, how data are collected, and the importance of the NCVS. There are separate videos for youth participants, and both are available in English and Spanish.
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Learn More about the NCVS (Youth Participants, English)
This video provides important information about the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) for the public and for households and persons selected to participate in the survey. It includes general information about the NCVS, how households are selected, how data are collected, and the importance of the NCVS. There are separate videos for adult participants, and both are available in English and Spanish.
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Learn More about the NCVS (Adult Participants, English)
This video provides important information about the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) for the public and for households and persons selected to participate in the survey. It includes general information about the NCVS, how households are selected, how data are collected, and the importance of the NCVS. There are separate videos for youth participants, and both are available in English and Spanish.
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Criminal Victimization in the 22 Largest U.S. States, 2017–2019
Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2020
Carjacking Victimization, 1995–2021
Measuring and Analyzing Community- and Officer-Initiated Activity: Developing a National Program
Update on the NCVS Instrument Redesign Results from a National Field Test
This webinar provides updates on efforts by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to redesign the entire National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) instrument. It describes results from a large-scale national field test of the NCVS Instrument Redesign, specifically the performance of the current NCVS instrument and procedures to the new instrument.
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Update on the NCVS Instrument Redesign Juvenile Testing Efforts
This webinar describes findings from a three-pronged testing effort designed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to produce knowledge and findings toward improving survey participation and the measurement of victimization among youth ages 12 to 17 as part of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Redesign Research and Development Program.
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