Theory Development and Crime Prevention Insights From the NCVS

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) has furnished U.S. crime statistics and high quality data for theory development and policy insights for over 50 years. This article highlights few of these achievements drawing on the development of criminological thinking with regard to measurement, a...

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Main Author: Tseloni, Andromachi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Journal of contemporary criminal justice
Year: 2025, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 96-114
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
victimization theories
victimization measurements
National Crime Victimization Survey
multiple victimization explanations and statistical models
Crime Prevention
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Summary:The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) has furnished U.S. crime statistics and high quality data for theory development and policy insights for over 50 years. This article highlights few of these achievements drawing on the development of criminological thinking with regard to measurement, and explanation of victimization and its concentration on a small minority of the population. It overviews lifestyle and the more encompassing environmental criminology theory for victimization, and explanations of multiple victimization, and the international crime drop that relied on NCVS data. Selected crime prevention insight and few recommendations for future research conclude the article.
ISSN:1552-5406
DOI:10.1177/10439862241290359