RT Article T1 Measuring crime through victimization: some methodological lessons from the ICVS JF European journal of criminology VO 17 IS 5 SP 518 OP 539 A1 RĂ³denas Calatayud, Carmen A1 Doval, Antonio LA English YR 2020 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1738747379 AB The objective of this study is to demonstrate that there are design errors in the International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS) that lead to biases in the estimates of victimization rates. This will be verified, firstly, by comparing the crime rate derived from the ICVS microdata with that based on the reference population and, secondly, examining the consequences of two ICVS methodological decisions: the use of individual weights and the re-weighting procedure in accordance with household size. These sample design failures, which generate distorted crime rankings, call for the need to make corrections both in the subsequent waves of the ICVS and in the final design of a future European survey. K1 Comparative criminology K1 Crime statistics K1 ICVS K1 Statistical bias K1 Victimization surveys DO 10.1177/1477370818803048