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Bureau of Justice Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics. Conducting Victimization and Community Safety Surveys: Using Web-based Technology. U.N. Meeting on Crime Statistics Geneva November 2004 Steven K. Smith Bureau of Justice Statistics. Collecting and Reporting Crime Statistics in the U.S.

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Bureau of Justice Statistics

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  1. Bureau of Justice Statistics

  2. Conducting Victimization and Community Safety Surveys: Using Web-based Technology U.N. Meeting on Crime Statistics Geneva November 2004 Steven K. Smith Bureau of Justice Statistics

  3. Collecting and Reporting Crime Statistics in the U.S. I. Crimes reported to the police -- Uniform Crime Reports Program -- National Incident-Based Reporting II. National Crime Victimization Survey

  4. Crimes Reported to the Police • The FBI's Uniform Crime Reports Program (UCR) collects information from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies. • Major UCR crimes include homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft.

  5. Incident-based Reporting • Under NIBRS, law enforcement authorities provide information to the FBI on each criminal incident involving 46 specific offenses, including the 8 major crimes. • Details about each incident include multiple victims and offenders, arrest information on the 46 offenses plus 11 lesser offenses.

  6. National Crime Victimization Survey • Characteristics and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. • Household based survey since 1973. • 42,000 households comprising nearly 76,000 persons.

  7. Standardized Types of Crime • Largest ongoing survey of its kind. • Standardized categories; TOC based on responses. • Collects data on rape, sexual assault, robbery, assault, theft, household burglary, and motor vehicle theft. • Covers cross-section of U.S. population -- women, the elderly, members of various racial groups, city dwellers.

  8. Utility of Survey Data • Resource allocation • Crime prevention programs • Delivery of victim services

  9. Software Development • Support from Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) • Upgrade from CVS 1.0 • Range of question formats

  10. BJScvs Software • Web-based • Library of questionnaires • Use interviewers or self-administered

  11. Web-based advantages • Ease of application • Data entry • Tracking responses

  12. State level surveys • Illinois • Utah • Wyoming

  13. Victimization Surveys in Indian Country • Southern Ute • Umatilla • Zuni Pueblo

  14. Crime Issues in Indian Country • Alcohol-related crimes • Domestic violence • Inter-racial violence

  15. Issues in Community Safety • Satisfaction with the police • Neighborhood problems • Feedback on services

  16. Police-Public Contact Survey • Public’s experience with the police • Traffic stops • Use of force

  17. Disseminating Crime Data • Web-based access • BJS data on-line • Fedstats.gov

  18. Fedstats.gov

  19. Information Available for the State

  20. And City Level

  21. County

  22. MapStats.gov • Easy for users to quickly “drill down” to common geographic units • Presents data for state, county, city and Federal judicial geographic units

  23. Thematic Mapping Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

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