Surveying victims : options for conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey / Panel to Review the Programs of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Committee on National Statistics, Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies ; Robert M. Groves and Daniel L. Cork, editors.

Surveying victims : options for conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel to Review the Programs of the Bureau of Justice Statistics
Other Authors: Groves, Robert M., Cork, Daniel L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Victims of crimes surveys.
Crime > Public opinion.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Public opinion.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1A Charge to the Panel
  • 1B Report Contents
  • 2 Goals of the National Crime Victimization Survey
  • 2A Historical Goal Statements of the NCVS
  • 2B Data on Crimes and Victims
  • 2C National Benchmark: NCVS and the Uniform Crime Reports
  • 2D Analytic Flexibility
  • 2E Topical Flexibility: NCVS Supplements
  • 2F Legal Mandates
  • 3 Current Demands and Constraints on the National Crime Victimization Survey
  • 3A Challenges to Surveys of the American Public
  • 3A.1 The Decline in Response Rates
  • 3A.2 The Rise in Survey Costs
  • 3A.3 The Linkage Between Response Rates and Nonresponse Error
  • 3B Challenges of Self173;Response in Measuring Victimization
  • 3B.1 Cognitive Challenges: Telescoping and Forgetting
  • 3B.2 Measuring Hard173;to173;Measure Crimes
  • 3C Flexibility in Content and Methodology
  • 3C.1 Is the NCVS Flexible Regarding Changes in Victimization?
  • 3D Constituencies and Uses: State Statistical Analysis Centers
  • 3D.1 SAC Network
  • 3D.2 State Role for National173;Level Data
  • 3D.3 Need for Finer Level Estimates
  • 3E Valuing Victimization Information: Comparing the Cost of Victimization Measurement with Benchmarks
  • 3E.1 The Cost of Crime
  • 3E.2 Comparison with Other Federal Surveys
  • 3E.3 International Expenditures
  • 3F Issues Related to the Coexistence of the NCVS and the UCR
  • 3F.1 Do Police Record Reports Reflect Victimization Trends?
  • 3F.2 Independence of the NCVS and the UCR
  • 3G Assessment
  • 4 Matching Design Features to Desired Goals
  • 4A Short173;Term Fixes: Cost Reduction Strategies and Their Implications
  • 4B Alternatives to the Current Design in the Long Term
  • 4B.1 Characteristics of Possible Design Packages
  • 4B.2 Survey Design Packages for Comparison
  • 4C Assessments of Design Features and Packages
  • 4C.1 Length of Reference Period
  • 4C.2 Role of Supplements
  • 4C.3 Supporting Subnational Estimates
  • 4C.4 Efficiency in Sample Design
  • 4C.5 Other Improvements
  • 5 Decision173;Making Process for a New Victimization Measurement System
  • 5A Bolstering Quality and Building Constituencies
  • 5B Data Collection Agent for the NCVS
  • References
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Findings and Recommendations
  • Appendix B: Principal Findings and Recommendations of the National Research Council (1976b) Study
  • Appendix C: Procedures and Operations of the National Crime Victimization Survey
  • Appendix D: The Uniform Crime Reporting Program
  • Appendix E: Other Victimization Surveys
  • Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff.

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