BJS: Bureau of Justice Statistics

clear image
Home  |  About Us  |  Contact Us  |  Get notifications  |  Help  |  A-Z Topic List
 
 
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
clear image
Home  | Data Collection Detail
Data Collection: Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV) (Formerly Survey of Sexual Violence)
Status: Active
Frequency: Annually starting in 2004
Latest data available: Datasets are not archived at this time.

The Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV) is part of BJS's National Prison Rape Statistics Program, which gathers mandated data on the incidence and prevalence of sexual assault in correctional facilities, under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79). This is an administrative data collection based on allegations of sexual victimization by other inmates or staff that are reported to correctional authorities. The collection includes an enumeration of incidents reported to state prison systems; state juvenile correctional systems; the federal prison system; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); the U.S. military; and a sample of jail jurisdictions, privately operated adult prisons and jails, and facilities in Indian country. Additional information is collected on substantiated incidents on the victim (s), perpetrator(s), characteristics of the incident, and outcomes.

On This Page
  • Methodology
  • Changes Over Time
  • Publications & Products
  • Related Topics
    		•

    Data Experts

  • Laura Maruschak, BJS Statistician (Email this expert)

    • Back to Top    

    Collection Period

    Annually starting in 2004

    Back to Top    

    Questionnaires

    SSV1 - Federal Bureau of Prisons
    2019 PDF (1.2M) | 2018 PDF (937K) | 2017 PDF (500K) | 2016 PDF (238K) | 2015 PDF (219K) | 2014 PDF (211KB) | 2013 PDF (139K) | 2012 PDF (139K) | 2011 PDF (143K) | 2010 PDF (143K) | 2009 PDF (152K) | 2008 PDF (149K) | 2007 PDF (166K) | 2006 PDF (120K) | 2005 PDF (154K) | 2004 PDF (89K)
    SSV2 - State Prison Systems
    2019 PDF (1.2M) | 2018 PDF (882K) | 2017 PDF (455K) | 2016 PDF (223K) | 2015 PDF (224K) | 2014 PDF (217KB) | 2013 PDF (139K) | 2012 PDF (140K) | 2011 PDF (137K) | 2010 PDF (143K) | 2009 PDF (152K) | 2008 PDF (163K) | 2007 PDF (167K) | 2006 PDF (121K) | 2005 PDF (160K) | 2004 PDF (89K)
    SSV3 - Local Jail Jurisdictions
    2019 PDF (362K) | 2018 PDF (896K) | 2017 PDF (445K) | 2016 PDF (220K) | 2015 PDF (225K) | 2014 PDF (247KB) | 2013 PDF (236K) | 2012 PDF (236K) | 2011 PDF (143K) | 2010 PDF (143K) | 2009 PDF (157K) | 2008 PDF (166K) | 2007 PDF (169K) | 2006 PDF (121K) | 2005 PDF (158K) | 2004 PDF (94K)
    SSV4 - Other Correctional Facilities
    2019 PDF (719K) | 2018 PDF (386K) | 2017 PDF (321K) | 2016 PDF (214K) | 2015 PDF (221K) | 2014 PDF (231KB) | 2013 PDF (179K) | 2012 PDF (179K) | 2011 PDF (143K) | 2010 PDF (143K) | 2009 PDF (143K) | 2008 PDF (153K) | 2007 PDF (169K) | 2006 PDF (129K) | 2005 PDF (158K) | 2004 PDF (94K)
    SSV5 - State Juvenile Systems
    2019 PDF (552K) | 2018 PDF (951K) | 2017 PDF (498K) | 2016 PDF (239K) | 2015 PDF (233K) | 2014 PDF (247KB) | 2013 PDF (152K) | 2012 PDF (151K) | 2011 PDF (143K) | 2010 PDF (141K) | 2009 PDF (145K) | 2008 PDF (154K) | 2007 PDF (171K) | 2006 PDF (75K) | 2005 PDF (160K) | 2004 PDF (98K)
    SSV6 - Locally or Privately-Operated Juvenile Facilities
    2019 PDF (363K) | 2018 PDF (944K) | 2017 PDF (459K) | 2016 PDF (257K) | 2015 PDF (240K) | 2014 PDF (235KB) | 2013 PDF (150K) | 2012 PDF (148K) | 2011 PDF (143K) | 2010 PDF (140K) | 2009 PDF (145K) | 2008 PDF (154K) | 2007 PDF (171K) | 2006 PDF (74K) | 2005 PDF (159K) | 2004 PDF (98K)
    SSVIA - Adult Incident Form
    2019 PDF (721K) | 2018 PDF (712K) | 2017 PDF (703K) | 2016 PDF (454K) | 2015 PDF (453K) | 2014 PDF (329KB) | 2013 PDF (163K) | 2012 PDF (162K) | 2011 PDF (155K) | 2010 PDF (155K) | 2009 PDF (306K) | 2008 PDF (169K) | 2007 PDF (193K) | 2006 PDF (414K) | 2005 PDF (179K)
    SSVIJ - Juvenile Incident Form
    2019 PDF (526K) | 2018 PDF (700K) | 2017 PDF (692K) | 2016 PDF (450K) | 2015 PDF (428K) | 2014 PDF (327KB) | 2013 PDF (158K) | 2012 PDF (145K) | 2011 PDF (136K) | 2010 PDF (138K) | 2009 PDF (219K) | 2008 PDF (151K) | 2007 PDF (151K) | 2006 PDF (192K) | 2005 PDF (179K)
    Back to Top    

    Methodology

    The Survey of Sexual Victimization, formerly known as the Survey of Sexual Violence (SSV), is an administrative data collection based on allegations of sexual victimization by other inmates or staff that are reported to correctional authorities. Additional information is collected on substantiated incidents on the victim(s), perpetrator(s), characteristics of the incident, and outcomes. The collection includes an enumeration of incidents reported to state prison systems; state juvenile correctional systems; the federal prison system; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); the U.S. military; and a sample of jail jurisdictions, privately operated adult prisons and jails, and facilities in Indian country. Because the methodology changed slightly each year and varied between youth and adult collections, see the methodology section in each report for additional details.

    Back to Top    

    Changes Over Time

    In 2005, BJS began gathering information on substantiated incidents of sexual victimization. In 2013, BJS began collecting data on inmate-on-inmate sexual harassment.

    Back to Top    

    Publications & Products

    The following publications and products were generated by BJS using data from this collection.

    PREA Data-Collection Activities, 2020 The report fulfills the mandate established by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-79), requiring BJS to carry out a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of prison rape annually.
      Full report (PDF 596K)
     Part of the PREA Data Collection Activities Series
    PREA Data-Collection Activities, 2019 Describes activities during 2018 and 2019 by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect data and report on the incidence and effects of prison rape, as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003.
      Full report (PDF 325K)
     Part of the PREA Data Collection Activities Series
    Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2012-15 Presents data on allegations and substantiated incidents of inmate-on-inmate and staff-on-inmate sexual victimization reported to correctional authorities in prisons, jails, and other adult correctional facilities for each year from 2012 through 2015.
      Press Release (98K) | Summary (PDF 188K) | Full report (PDF 443K) | Data Tables (Zip format 21K)
     Part of the PREA Publications Series
    PREA Data Collection Activities, 2018 Describes activities during 2017 and 2018 by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect data and report on the incidence and effects of sexual victimization in correctional facilities, as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) (P.L. 108-79). This report meets the PREA requirement to report on BJS's activities for the preceding calendar year by June 30 of each year.
      Full report (PDF 316K)
     Part of the PREA Data Collection Activities Series
    PREA Data Collection Activities, 2017 Describes the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) activities to collect data and report on the incidence and effects of sexual victimization in correctional facilities, as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) (P.L. 108-79).
      Full report (PDF 316K) | ASCII file (20K)
     Part of the PREA Data Collection Activities Series
    PREA Data Collection Activities, 2016 Describes the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) activities to collect data and report on the incidence and effects of sexual victimization in correctional facilities, as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) (P.L. 108-79).
      Full report (PDF 424K) | ASCII file (19K)
     Part of the PREA Data Collection Activities Series
    Sexual Victimization Reported by Juvenile Correctional Authorities, 2007-12 Presents national estimates of nonconsensual sexual acts, abusive sexual contacts, staff sexual misconduct, and staff sexual harassment reported by correctional authorities in state juvenile correctional systems and local and private juvenile correctional facilities from 2007 to 2012.
      Press Release | Summary (PDF 244K) | Full report (PDF 5.8M) | ASCII file (54K) | Comma-delimited format (Zip format 70K)
     Part of the PREA Data Collection Activities Series
    Survey of Sexual Violence in Juvenile Correctional Facilities, 2007-2012 - Statistical Tables Presents jurisdiction- and facility-level counts of allegations and substantiated incidents of nonconsensual sexual acts, abusive sexual contact, staff sexual misconduct, and staff sexual harassment reported by juvenile correctional authorities from 2007 to 2012.
      Press Release | Full report (PDF 2M) | ASCII file (25K) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 70K)
     Part of the PREA Publications Series
    PREA Data Collection Activities, 2015 The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79) requires the Attorney General to submit to Congress, not later than June 30 of each year, a report on the activities of BJS for the preceding calendar year.
      Full report (PDF 348K) | ASCII file (17K)
     Part of the PREA Data Collection Activities Series
    Bureau of Justice Statistics receives policy impact award WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and its data collection agents will receive the 2014 Policy Impact Award from the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) for their innovative and salient efforts to measure sexual victimization in correctional facilities under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, 2003 (PREA).
      Press Release | PDF
    Part of the PREA Publications Series
    Back to Top    

    Related Topics

    Back to Top