RT Article
T1 Victims and Offenders in Two Crime Statistics Programs: A Comparison of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 15
IS 2
SP 193
OP 205
A1 Chilton, Roland
A2 Jarvis, John Wesley 1780-1840
LA English
YR 1999
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764276655
AB The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) overcomes a basiclimitation of the traditional summary Uniform Crime Reporting program (UCR)by collecting victim information. Using this new victim information tocompare National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and NIBRS results, wefind some similarities as well as some differences in the characteristics ofvictims and offenders suggested by the two programs. Similarities appear inthe proportions of men and women involved as victims and offenders forrobbery and assault. Comparisons are more difficult and the proportions lesssimilar for property offenses. Nevertheless, the results suggest that whenthe NIBRS is fully developed, it will be an important source of informationon the characteristics of both victims and offenders. Even before theredesigned program is fully implemented, one of the most important featuresof NIBRS reports will be their ability to provide local area victimizationinformation. In addition, the NIBRS will provide much more information onarrests and the characteristic of offenders than any existing program.
K1 local victim and offender reports
K1 Victimization Surveys
K1 Offenders
K1 Victims
K1 Uniform Crime Reporting program
K1 National Incident-Based Reporting System
DO 10.1023/A:1007526922338