Using Citizen Surveys to Produce Information on the Police: The Present and Potential Uses of the National Crime Victimization Survey

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Victimization Survey ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Crime And Criminal Justice

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is a major source of nationally representative data on crime and the response to crime in the United States. The survey's potential to add to our understanding of crime and criminal justice issues has not been fully exploited, however. One of the areas where more effective use could be made of the information gathered by the survey is policing. This paper suggests how the NCVS can more fully realize its potential for informing issues pertaining to the police.

Reporting to the Police by Hispanic Victims of Violence

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 754-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Callie Marie Rennison
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Victimization Survey ◽  
Victims Of Violence

Though reporting violence to the police has been extensively investigated, the nature of Hispanic reporting of victimization has not. This is surprising because Hispanics are the fastest growing and largest ethnic group in the United States. Using over a decade of data from the National Crime Victimization Survey, this article investigates Hispanic reporting of victimization relative to non-Hispanic Whites, Blacks, American Indians, and Asians. Findings show that Hispanics are significantly less likely to report the most serious of violence compared to non-Hispanic Whites, but are more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to report simple assaults. Few reporting differences between Hispanics and other victim groups were observed. In addition, analyses indicate a positive relationship between educational attainment and reporting by Hispanics—a predictor not shared by any other group.

Victim Reporting Behaviors Following Identity Theft Victimization: Results From the National Crime Victimization Survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 814-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradford W. Reyns ◽  
Ryan Randa
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Identity Theft ◽  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Victimization Survey ◽  
Focal Concerns ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Justice Theories

The current study investigates the decision by victims to report the crime to the police following identity theft victimization. Potential influences on the reporting decision are framed around two criminal justice theories—focal concerns theory and Gottfredson and Gottfredson’s theory of criminal justice decision making. The data used to examine this decision were collected from a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults as a supplement to the 2012 National Crime Victimization Survey. Results suggest that the decision to contact law enforcement is based on the seriousness of the offense, the victim’s knowledge of who committed the crime and how it was perpetrated, as well as practical considerations. These findings parallel other research into victim decision making generally, while also highlighting factors that may be unique to identity theft, notably the effects of income. The results also support the use of criminal justice theory to study and understand victim decision making.

Gender Identity Disparities in Criminal Victimization: National Crime Victimization Survey, 2017–2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 726-729
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Flores ◽  
Ilan H. Meyer ◽  
Lynn Langton ◽  
Jody L. Herman
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Hate Crime ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Criminal Victimization ◽  
Victimization Survey ◽  
Nationally Representative

Objectives. To estimate the prevalence of personal and household victimizations among transgender people in the United States. Methods. We analyzed pooled 2017 and 2018 data from the National Crime Victimization Survey, the first nationally representative sample that allows identification of transgender respondents. Results. Transgender people experienced 86.2 victimizations per 1000 persons compared with cisgender people’s 21.7 per 1000 persons (odds ratio [OR] = 4.24; 90% confidence interval [CI] = 1.49, 7.00). Households that had a transgender person had higher rates of property victimization (214.1 per 1000 households) than households with only cisgender people (108 per 1000 households; OR = 2.25; 90% CI = 1.19, 3.31). Transgender victims whose sex assigned at birth was male were more likely to perceive their victimization as a hate crime than cisgender victims whose sex assigned at birth was male. There were no disparities in reporting victimizations to authorities: only about half of the victimizations of both transgender and cisgender people were reported. Conclusions. Public policy and administration need to consider the unique vulnerabilities transgender people routinely encounter, resulting in disparities in criminal victimization.

Violent Victimization Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Populations in the United States: Findings From the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2017–2018

2020 ◽  
pp. e1-e9
Author(s):  
Annah K. Bender ◽  
Janet L. Lauritsen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
Violent Victimization ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Victimization Survey ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Victimization Rates

Objectives. To estimate US nonlethal violent victimization rates for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) males and females aged 16 years and older and to compare disparities among LGB and straight males and females, controlling for other correlates of victimization. Methods. We used data from the 2017 and 2018 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) to provide nationally representative rates of various forms of violent victimization for self-identified LGB and straight persons. Multivariable models assessed the risk for violence associated with LGB status. Results. Total violence rates were 2 to 9 times higher among LGB persons compared with heterosexuals. For some forms of violence (e.g., rape and sexual assault, violence with serious injuries, and multiple offender violence) there were notably high disparities between bisexuals and heterosexuals. With adjustment for covariates, LGB orientation was associated with odds ratios nearly 2 to 4 times those of heterosexuals. Conclusions. This is one of the first known uses of NCVS data to estimate LGB victimization, revealing substantially higher rates of violence directed at LGB individuals. Public Health Implications. Sexual orientation and gender identity questions in federal surveys such as the NCVS enable monitoring of violent victimization rates and should continue. Collecting these data can help researchers understand victimization risk and guide appropriate resources toward victim services, especially important given the high violent crime levels experienced by LGB individuals. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print December 22, 2020: e1–e9. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.306017 )

scholarly journals Victimization rates and traits of sexual and gender minorities in the United States: Results from the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (40) ◽  
pp. eaba6910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Flores ◽  
Lynn Langton ◽  
Ilan H. Meyer ◽  
Adam P. Romero
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minorities ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Victimization Survey ◽  
Gender Minorities ◽  
And Gender

Do sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) in the United States encounter disproportionate rates of victimization as compared with their cisgender, heterosexual counterparts? Answering this question has proved elusive because nationally representative victimization data have not included victims’ sexual orientation or gender identity. The National Crime Victimization Survey, the nation’s primary source of representative information on criminal victimization, began documenting sexual orientation and gender identity in 2016 and released data publicly for the first time in 2019. We find SGMs disproportionately are victims across a variety of crimes. The rate of violent victimization for SGMs is 71.1 victimizations per 1000 people compared with 19.2 victimizations per 1000 people for those who are not SGMs. SGMs are 2.7 times more likely to be a victim of violent crime than non-SGMs. These findings raise the importance of further considering sexual orientation and gender identity in victimization and interventions.

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