Modernizing the National Crime Victimization Survey Sample

• In Event: National Crime Victimization Survey User Group

Abstract

This paper provides background on and findings from two BJS efforts to generate subnational estimates: the NCVS 11 state pilot boost study and the first wave of the low-cost companion survey to the NCVS, administered in the 40 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas.

Author

• Michael Planty, U.S. DOJ / Bureau of Justice Statistics