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T1 International Crime Victim Survey (ICVS), 1989-1997
T2 International crime victimization survey (ICVS) series
JF International crime victimization survey (ICVS) series
A2 Alvazzi del Frate, Anna
A2 Van Dijk, Jan 1947-
A2 Kesteren, John van
A2 Mayhew, Patricia
A2 Svekic, Ugi
LA English
PP Ann Arbor, MI
PB ICPSR, University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1760481858
AB 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements
AB The International Crime Victim Survey (ICVS) was a far-reaching program of standardized sample surveys that investigated householders' experiences with crime, policing, crime prevention, and perceptions of safety. The surveys were carried out in the following countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chechnia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Egypt, England and Wales, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany (West), Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Mongolia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Paraguay, the Philippines, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, the United States, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe. The data were collected in three waves: 1989, 1992-1994, and 1995-1997. The main focus of the ICVS was whether the respondent was a victim of theft of or from vehicles, other thefts, vandalism, robbery, pickpocketing, sexual harassment or violence, or assault. The surveys also investigated the frequency of victimization, reasons for not reporting a crime to the police, familiarity with the offender in the case of a sexual offense, physical violence, injuries, fear of crime in the respondent's local area, use of help agencies for victims, satisfaction with police behavior, preferred legal sanctions, punishment, and length of detention for offenders, safety precautions when leaving home, possession of a gun, burglar alarm, or insurance, and frequency of going out ... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02973
K1 Citizen crime reporting
K1 Commercial theft
K1 Crime
K1 Crime Prevention
K1 crime rates
K1 Developing nations
K1 Fear of crime
K1 Injuries
K1 International crime statistics
K1 Law Enforcement
K1 Nations
K1 Offenses
K1 Petty theft
K1 Police Performance
K1 Punishment
K1 Reactions to crime
K1 Robbery
K1 Sanctions
K1 Security systems
K1 sexual assault
K1 Sexual Harassment
K1 Sex Offenses
K1 Vandalism
K1 Victim services
K1 Victimization
K1 Violence
DO 10.3886/ICPSR02973