Second major redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

Since 1973, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) has served as a key source of data on the level and nature of crime and its consequences. To keep pace with the changing landscape of crime, as well as with the technological advances in survey research, occasional “redesigns” of the survey...

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Authors: Langton, Lynn (Author) ; Planty, Michael G. (Author) ; Lynch, James P. 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Criminology & public policy
Year: 2017, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 1049-1074
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
NCVS
Nature of crime
Survey research
Technological advances
Survey-Forschung
Technische Fortschritte
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Summary:Since 1973, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) has served as a key source of data on the level and nature of crime and its consequences. To keep pace with the changing landscape of crime, as well as with the technological advances in survey research, occasional “redesigns” of the survey are necessary to modernize and improve the utility of data collected.
ISSN:1745-9133
DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12335