Cathy T. Maston, Bureau of Justice Statistics

March 2, 2010    NCJ 227669

Presents tables with detailed data on major variables measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Topics covered include -- 

• crimes of violence (rape, sexual assault, robbery, assault) and theft (pocket picking, purse snatching, burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft), with data on victim characteristics (gender, age, race, ethnicity, marital status, income, and residence)
• crime characteristics (time and place of occurrence, distance from home, weapon use, self-protection, injury, medical care, economic loss, and time lost from work)
• victim-offender relationship
• victims' perceptions of alcohol and substance use by offenders and of offender characteristics (age, race, and gender)
• whether crimes were reported to the police and reasons why
• police response time for reported crimes

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Part of the Criminal Victimization in the United States Series

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Demography of victims (PDF 336K)
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Victims and offenders (PDF 321K)
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The crime event (PDF 239K)
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Victims and the criminal justice system (PDF 315K)
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Series victimizations (PDF 96K)
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Methodology (PDF 74K)
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