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US National Crime Victimization Survey

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National Crime Survey; NCVS

Overview

The importance of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and its predecessor the National Crime Survey (NCS) to the study of crime and development of crime statistics cannot be emphasized enough. For over 40 years, the NCS-NCVS has been one of only two ongoing national measures of crime in the United States that provide annual level and change estimates. The NCS-NCVS not only has played a groundbreaking role in shaping US crime statistics, but also international ones. This entry discusses the rich history of the NCS-NCVS with a focus on its methodological development. This entry also describes the survey’s trends and key findings over time and the continued influence of the NCS-NCVS on crime measurement.

Introduction

The importance of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and its predecessor the National Crime Survey (NCS) on the study of crime and development of crime statistics cannot be emphasized enough. The NCS-NCVS is...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Justice, Law, and Society, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20016, USA

    Lynn A. Addington

  2. School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver, Campus Box 142, 173364, Denver, CO, 80217, USA

    Callie Marie Rennison

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gerben Bruinsma

  2. VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gerben Bruinsma

  3. Department of Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    David Weisburd

  4. Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel

    David Weisburd

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Addington, L.A., Rennison, C.M. (2014). US National Crime Victimization Survey. In: Bruinsma, G., Weisburd, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_448

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