Workshop: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Analyzing Victimization Trends in the United States, England, and Wales

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Abstract

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) are two of the world’s longest running crime surveys. Both surveys are conducted on an annual basis, with data obtained from nationally representative samples in the respective jurisdictions. They provide data on trends in the nature of and victim response to crimes, both reported and not reported to police. Both surveys collect data on the characteristics of victims and incidents of violent crime (defined as rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault) and property crime (including burglary, motor vehicle theft, and theft). Additionally, both surveys collect data on other types of crime, including (but not limited to) fraud and stalking.
This workshop will introduce potential data users to the types of information available through both the NCVS and the CSEW, offer an overview of the survey structures and sample designs, and provide hands-on training to assist in properly analyzing NCVS and CSEW data. Using SPSS, participants will learn how to use publicly available NCVS data to examine trends and patterns in victimization. Participants will also have the opportunity to explore basic trend analyses on the CSEW cumulative dataset. The focus will be on using the two data sets for international comparisons.
Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop with SPSS. Participants are also encouraged to download the 1992-16 NCVS person, household, and incident concatenated data files from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data and the CSEW cumulative file (study number: 7875) from the UK Data Archive.

To register send your name, affiliation, and preferred email address to [email protected]

Sub Unit

• Workshops

Instructors

• Lynn Langton, Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Rachel E. Morgan, DOJ, Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Stephen Farrall, University of Sheffield (UK)

• Emily Gray, University of Sheffield